Your brain can literally bend time – not through wishful thinking, but actual neurological changes. Three specific practices rewire how you perceive moments.
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You think time is fixed – that 24 hours is 24 hours is 24 hours. But your brain doesn’t work that way. Time is elastic, stretching and compressing based on your internal state. And here’s what nobody tells you: you can hack it.
Scott Swain’s Chapter 23 breaks down how slowing down literally rewires your perception of time. Not in some woo-woo way – through actual neurological changes that make you sharper, more connected, and way less reactive.
Three practices that bend time:
1. Put down the damn fork
Take a breath. Look at your food. Smell it. Then – this is key – put the fork down between bites. You’re not just savoring dinner; you’re training your brain to extract maximum data from each moment. One meal at a time, you’re dismantling your “hurry up” autopilot.
2. Fill your mind completely
Meditation isn’t about emptying your thoughts. It’s about getting so absorbed in one thing that nothing else fits. Reading. Cooking. Dancing. Sex. If you’re fully there, you’re meditating. The goal? Stop reacting, start noticing. Because you can’t be empathetic to someone when you’re mentally three steps ahead.
3. Move in slow motion
Tai Chi practitioners aren’t just being zen – they’re training their nervous systems to see micro-movements invisible at normal speed. The foot pivot before the punch. You’re teaching your brain to perceive reality in higher resolution.
When you rush, you flood your system with cortisol and miss everything that matters. When you slow down, you catch the signals everyone else misses – and time expands.
Your internal clock isn’t fixed. It’s wildly respo
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