It’s Quicker If You Run — But I’m Slowing Down During Transition

Why Slowing Down During Transition Can Be Powerful

I’ve been thinking a lot about pace lately — especially the power of slowing down during transition.

It started, as these things often do for me, on a walk.

Not long ago, I was happily strolling, slowly, intentionally, when a man who looked to be in his 80s, jogged past me. Full of life, light on his feet, and clearly enjoying himself, he called out with a smile as he past:

"Its quicker if you run!"

I laughed.

Firstly, because yes yet another 80-year-old was overtaking me.

And secondly, because I realised...

I didn't want to run.

I was quite happy walking.

I was enjoying noticing things, breathing, being.

And that moment stayed with me.

Lately, I've felt the internal push to move faster.

To get clear. To figure it all out. To arrive already at whatever this next version of me is supposed to be.

But the truth is, I don't know yet.

I'm still letting go of who I was.

I'm still softening the way I work.

I'm still in the in-between.

And I'm realising that trying to rush it doesn't help.

In fact, it slows me down.

The pressure to hurry the change, to be certain, to reinvent myself on a timeline it only adds weight to something that's already heavy.

We live in a world that celebrates speed.

Quick wins.

Instant results.

But some things... some really important things... only emerge when we slow down enough to let them.

So we can still move.

I'm still moving.

But we don't have to sprint.

It's not a race.

I'm choosing to take the long, honest way.

The scenic route.

The one where I notice the trees and breathe a little deeper and give myself permission not to have all the answers.

Maybe you're in that space too.

Trying to become faster.

Thinking you're behind.

You're not.

You're exactly where you're meant to be.

And maybe, just maybe, walking through it is exactly what you are meant to be doing.

Patricia x