Free tools for slow, simple living
Life doesn’t have to be in a hurry. These are small, calm tools for slower days, with nothing to sign up for and nothing to catch up on.
Take a slow breathNo account. No notifications. No streaks.
Take what you need today
The tools are grouped by how you’d like to be met: in calm, in reflection, or in remembering.
Calm
For settling your breath and softening the room.
- Breathing Space
A slow breathing guide: box breathing, 4-7-8 and a long exhale.
- Still Water
Two quiet minutes by a still lake.
- Rain & Quiet Sounds
Mix rain, a ceiling fan, crickets and soft noise.
- Brown Noise
Deep, steady noise with a sleep timer.
- Lamplight
A few quiet steps to set the day down before bed.
Reflect
For noticing what you think and feel, one small question at a time.
- Journal Prompts
One gentle question at a time.
- Feelings Wheel
Find a word for what you feel.
- What Matters
Find the few things that matter most to you.
- Nothing To Do
Small screen-free ideas for a slow afternoon.
- An Unhurried Day
A gentle plan for one slow day.
- Simple Living Quotes
Old, quiet words about living simply.
Also here: List of Feelings.
Remember
Small keepsakes about the day you were born and the days since.
- The Day You Were Born
Your weekday, moon and birth flower on one keepsake.
- Your Slow Days
Count the days and Sundays you have lived.
- Birth Flowers
The traditional flower for each month.
Also here: What Day You Were Born and Your Birthday Moon.
The slow letter
An occasional slow letter, never more than once a month: a few quiet words, a small idea for an unhurried day, and news when a new tool arrives. Nothing else.
Slow living and simple living
Slow living means giving things the time they actually take: a meal eaten at a table, a walk with nowhere to be, an evening that ends before you’re worn out. Simple living means owning, doing and wanting a little less, so there’s room left over for what matters to you.
Neither needs a farmhouse or a free month. Most slow days are ordinary days with a few small pockets of quiet in them, and the tools here are made for those pockets. A minute of slow breathing counts. So does one honest question, or ten minutes of rain on the window.
If the idea is new to you, start with what a slow day looks like, or read why this site exists.