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As the C21 staff prepares for next week\u2019s Slow Digest, which will preview our Story Cart: Attention interviews highlighting how Milwaukeeans practice slow care through deliberate attention, this week is an invitation to pause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a breath. Inhale\u2026Exhale.<\/em>..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s practice slow care together. Here are five ways to begin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Touch Grass<\/strong>
    Step away from your screens and return to the world around you. Sit in a caf\u00e9. Look up. Let yourself notice who and what is nearby without rushing to the next thing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Take a Walk<\/strong>
    Join C21\u2019s Human Club: Little Free Library Walking Tour<\/a> on April 30 from 5\u20136 pm as we move through campus and visit neighborhood Little Free Libraries. Walking, noticing, and moving at a shared pace is its own form of care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Read for Restoration<\/strong>
    Choose something that soothes you, something that asks nothing of you but your attention. Let reading be less about productivity and more about presence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Make a Slow Care Playlist<\/strong>
    Curate a set of songs that help you settle into yourself. Listen without multitasking. Let the music hold your attention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Nothing-Maxxing<\/strong>
    Per the current social media trend, do absolutely nothing. Sit in silence. Resist the urge to fill the space. Let stillness be enough.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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