We are running as fast as we can. Our work is often driven by a sense of achievement: how many grants did you apply for? How many articles have you published? How many visitors did your exhibition have?  We are looking for numeric values to prove our worthiness. When these numeric values are the drivers, there is a risk of losing sight of direction and meaning. The process of seeking something becomes more valuable than the things themselves. We become overwhelmed and exhausted. And we don’t even realise the amount of tiredness as we slowly get used to it.

How to stop and enjoy just some fragments in time? How to make us believe that we are worthy and good, even if we do so little?

By Satu Miettinen