You’re busy, exhausted, and somehow still falling behind. Everyone around you is bragging about how swamped they are, and you’ve started to believe that constant motion is the only way to prove you matter. But what if the real problem isn’t a lack of time... it’s a lack of stillness?

In The Velocity of Stillness, Julian Bond makes a radical claim: the only way to get more time is to deliberately do less. This is not another productivity hack or 12-step morning routine. It’s an unflinching look at why we’re addicted to urgency, how busyness became our favorite numbing agent, and what actually happens when we finally pull the emergency brake.

With humor, science, and stories from his own collision with “The Blur,” Julian shows you how to:

• Break the chemical addiction to stress and dopamine hits
• Master the lost art of the pause (and why two minutes in your driveway can save your evening)
• Mono-task in a multi-tab world without feeling guilty
• Say a guilt-free, boundary-honoring “No” that people respect
• Turn off the slot machine in your pocket and reclaim your eyes
• Slow down to the speed of real relationship (and why love hates efficiency)
• Savor ordinary moments so powerfully that time actually feels longer
• Build a legacy measured not in output, but in presence

If you’ve ever driven to work with no memory of the journey, eaten dinner while answering emails, or realized another year vanished in a blur, this audiobook is your permission slip to get off the treadmill. You don’t need to move to a monastery or throw away your phone. You just need to remember that being fully alive in this moment is more important than optimizing the next one. Take a breath. Lower your shoulders. The world can wait. You finally have time to live.