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Went to the gym but had to stop after my first round. Too hot and too exhausted from work travel to get two rounds in, but still count it as a win. I DID go and that’s something.

#SlowAndSteady #deskDweller #gym

A quotation from Carlyle

   The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
   The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Letter (1822-03-15) to John Carlyle

More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #carlyle #thomascarlyle #virtues #commitment #dedication #determination #doggedness #failure #flighty #longgame #longhaul #longterm #overcome #patience #perseverance #resolve #slowandsteady #steadfastness #sticktoit #tenacity #whittle

🚀 Oh, look, another Python optimization saga where someone tries to make this snail of a language race like a cheetah... and fails spectacularly. 😂 Spoiler: After a million benchmarks and a truckload of "optimizations," Python is still Python—slow and steady, just not winning any races! 🐢💨
https://cemrehancavdar.com/2026/03/10/optimization-ladder/ #PythonOptimization #PythonPerformance #Benchmarking #SlowAndSteady #CodingHumor #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

"Real progress is often invisible, boring, and repetitive. Don't mistake the quiet for regression!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

It's often about the small steps, not the big leaps.

The quiet progress you make, not the noisy success you relish.

The effort you put in daily, not the audacious stretch goal you choose to chase once.

Showing up all the time, not just when it suits you.

Measuring your progress by what really matters - not by what you think matters.

Some people chase success with reckless abandon, thrashing about with wild activity.

Others just show up.

And put in the work.

Success is about patience.

It's often quiet, slow, and deliberate.

Unseen.

But it's there.

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Futurist Jim Carroll is working on a longer-term timeline these days!

**#Progress** **#Patience** **#Consistency** **#Persistence** **#QuietSuccess** **#SmallSteps** **#ShowUp** **#Discipline** **#Effort** **#Growth** **#Dedication** **#Journey** **#Commitment** **#SlowAndSteady** **#Resilience** **#Focus** **#Determination** **#DailyWork** **#Mindset** **#Trust** **#Process** **#Invisible** **#Deliberate** **#Perseverance** **#Onwards**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/01/daily-inspiration-real-progress-is-often-invisible-boring-and-repetitive-dont-mistake-the-quiet-for-regression/

@zoid The stress cycle is tricky as it effects all areas. Bad sleep, no time to eat healthy and lack of energy to go to the gym. I needed help to break that cycle, but it's hard to get started.

I hope you can take that first step 🙏#SlowAndSteady

🐢 Learning a new language is a lot like being a turtle…

Slow and steady wins the race!
Every little word, every tiny step—it all adds up.

Keep going, even if you feel like you’re crawling.
You’ll get there! 💬❤️🇮🇱

#HebrewByInbal #LanguageLearning #SlowAndSteady #KeepGoing #Hebrew #Turtle

Slow and Steady, This Poem Will Win Your Heart

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/12/books/kay-ryan-turtle-poem.html

#HackerNews #SlowAndSteady #Poem #WinYourHeart #KayRyan #PoetryLovers #TurtlePoem

#Oxford Slow Session happening today at the #SlowAndSteady, Abingdon Road, 4pm. https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/tune-of-the-month/ #folk #FolkSession

Some software platforms are *complex*. Even integrating two systems that use the same technologies, can be fraught with a thousand small barriers.

@fastmail took three decades to finally integrate the #email systems of POBox into #Fastmail email systems, and this week published an interesting examination of what all that involved.

https://mastodon.social/@fastmail/113626476801121712

#SlowAndSteady #MoveSlowAndFixThings #DoOneJobWell

#Oxford #SlowSession happening tomorrow - first time at the #SlowAndSteady - formerly the White House https://oxfordslowsession.com/about/tune-of-the-month/ #folk #session

According to the #Oxford Mail there is now a campaign against the #Dodo Pub Co.'s plan to rename the White House pub to Slow and Steady. As we are hoping to hold the #SlowSession there again, which has been in the White House for the last couple of years, we can't really find fault with the name. #SlowAndSteady is how we roll ... #folk

The Art of Progress Is to Paint One Stroke, Admire It, Then Lay the Next. #OneStepAtATime #ContinuousImprovement #CreativeJourney #SlowAndSteady #AdmireYourWork #AchievingGoals #ForwardMotion #BuildingSuccess #SteadyProgress #PaintYourPath

iPhone shot of a blue dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis).

#inaturalist #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #yardbugs #dragonflies #odonata #slowandsteady

Baseball Is a Slow Game, but as Long as You Keep Playing, You'll Eventually Reach Home Plate. #SlowAndSteady #HomePlateBound #SportsDetermination #EnduranceMatters #GameOn #SportsMilestone #VictoryIsComing #NeverGiveUp

These are iPhone photos. You can call me the dragonfly whisperer.

#inaturalist #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #yardbugs #dragonflies #odonata #slowandsteady

OH: "I like to microdose my dopamine hits."

#SlowAndSteady #WinsTheRace

Further adventures of the Death of the Lawn! I got two more huge bales of mulch delivered on Wednesday, love that I can get it from a local farm and it's spray -free.

Since we sold the car I've been getting shopping delivered and it comes in paper bags, so I laid out a bunch of them this time, but I'm using any cardboard or paper product I can get my hands on.

It feels so slow, this progress, but as you can see from the stuff I did several weeks ago, the grass is gone and the arum italicum is popping through. It's mildly toxic but only if you eat it, so it can stay for now, but I'm planning to crowd it out with native violets. Bought a pot to start us off.

#KillingTheLawn #LawnBeGone #NativeViolet #NativesPlants #mulch #gardening #flowers #SlowAndSteady