About Slow Days

I spent years believing I had to earn rest. That my worth was measured in output. That being always on was just what success looked like.

Then I noticed two things. First, the toll it was taking on me. Second - and this hit harder - what I was modelling. My team saw me answer emails at 9pm, skip lunch, treat rest as something that happened after. Without meaning to, I was teaching them this was the only way.

I didn't want to be that example anymore. It isn't the only way.

The shift started small. Standing still while the kettle boiled. Thirty seconds in the car before getting out. Actually tasting my coffee. These weren't laziness - they were wisdom my body had been offering all along.

I've always been a maker. Creating things - whether cards, candles, or words on a page - has been how I process the world. Research backs this up: creative activities boost wellbeing as significantly as employment, putting us into a flow state that cultivates calm, focus, and a sense that life is worthwhile. Slow Days lets me bring both parts of myself together - the professional who understands the pressures of a demanding career, and the maker who knows that creating something tangible is its own form of rest.

Letters from Slow Days grew from all of this. Physical permission slips that arrive in your letterbox, not your inbox. Something to hold. In a world of notifications and endless scrolling, something worth waiting for.

Built in Auckland, with Southern Hemisphere seasons woven through. Winter arrives in June here. That context matters.

If you care about your career AND suspect there's a gentler way to live it - you're in the right place.

Success and slowness can coexist. How we pace ourselves ripples outward.

You can have both.

- Sarah