Firstly, the cultivation of slow-paced life by citizens is much better than of that the hectic life in term of general health of citizens. The instant culture brought up by the rapid pace of lifestyle is an abnormal tumor in this age. The instant coffee, instant noodle and the fast food have become the necessities of modern people’s life recently for so-called saving time. After scurrying off from the morning to the night with only the supplement of energy and limited nutrients from the nonnutritive fast-food as lunch outside, most of them drag their tired feet slowly home and continue to bear the stress again next day without having relaxation. Barely overwhelming stress together with the effects of improper diet in fact undermine the health of one more severely than other health risk factors could actually do. On the contrast, ones who lead a slow-paced life tend to enjoy their nutritive food and drinks slowly with enough time to taste them, slow down their movements to enjoy their every moment more, savor their life’s simple pleasures with little stressors. Hence, they have better general health indication. This is proved by the prior WHO official statistic which states that 80% of the adults in cities where the pace of life is more rapid remarkably than others, are sub-healthy.
Secondly, the slow-paced lifestyle is a better ticket to have a happy family life if compared to the hectic lifestyle. People in the hectic lifestyle are too obsessed with their personal affairs and engrossed in fulfilling their job requirements to an extent that only little time is fragmented to spend with family. As a result, the family structure is being shattered. Those who married will be on the verge of getting divorced, those who are bachelors have no time to deal with love affairs while parents may less likely to cater for their children’s mental and physical demands which will cause children to become distant with their parents. The vision of happy family life seems to be solely a dream. However, the reverse can be true if a slow-paced lifestyle is cultivated. With a slow-paced lifestyle, more time can be allotted to be in company with family which in turn can foster closer relationship between parents and children. There will be more communication and interaction between them which enable them to understand each other better. This indirectly can break the invisible barriers that usually exist between parents and children.
Last but not the least, the productivity and quality of work as well, is higher in a company in which its workers lead a slower pace of lifestyle. For example, even though French people with slow attitude only work 35 hours per week, they are more productive than Americans who work more hours. The no-rush attitude of workers does not represent doing less or having a lower productivity. It means working and doing things with greater productivity, quality, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It stands for a less coercive, happier working environment where workers enjoy doing their jobs and in turn increases the productivity and quality of products or services. On the contrary, workers with rapid pace of lifestyle will be easily stressed up or fed up with their jobs as they do not really enjoy doing the jobs. This probably will directly deteriorate the productivity and quality of their works.
Just as CPU would burn out if it is over-used, the over-rapid pace of life jeopardizes the general health of city dwellers, impairs the family life and deteriorates the productivity and quality of works. However, slow-paced life brings about the opposite, beneficial outcomes. Therefore, many psychologists’ advice to the modern people is: slow down your pace and smell the flowers at roadside. In brief, slow-paced life is a better choice of life if compared to hectic life.
