Slow IS fast.

Jen Xu
6 min readJan 20, 2023
Reminding myself to breathe deeply more often…to stop and look at the leaves…and slow down.

For the longest time, I’ve known that I move too quickly. I move faster than my brain can think. I’m always moving, and going, and going.

I’ve heard it from my mom. As a kid, I was somewhat clumsy, and my mom always told me to just slow down. She would tell me over & over again to think more before I spoke, and I just couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to do that.

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Jen Xu

Athletic trainer, PhD student, coffee lover. I write about fitness, mental health, being Asian-American, and personal growth.