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the art of telling time to politely wait while your tongue runs the meeting
means slowing down to fully enjoy the taste, smell, or experience of something, lingering over each moment rather than rushing through it
from From the verb 'savor,' which arrived in English through Old French 'savourer,' from Latin 'sapere' — to taste, and also, tellingly, to be wise. The same root flavors the word 'sapient.' The Romans evidently felt that good taste and good sense came from the same well, so to savor something is, etymologically, to taste it knowingly.
- brain trick
- Anticipation activates pleasure circuits before the first bite
- slows time
- Attention to detail stretches perceived duration of moments
- happiness link
- Savorers report higher life satisfaction in psychology studies
- taste buds
- Flavor fully blooms only with sustained attention
- opposite of
- Mindless scarfing erases pleasure you already paid for
slow food movement — founded in italy in 1989 to resist fast food culture and celebrate leisurely eating
japanese tea ceremony — ritualized preparation and consumption of matcha in japan, emphasizing mindful appreciation