Escape the Pace

Small Press Bookwatch, Jan, 2005

Escape The Pace

Lisa Rickwood

Escape the Pace

c/o Rickwood Fine Arts

PO Box 50086, 4B, Estevan Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9S 5X1

097304523X $14.95 www.escapethepace.com

Escape The Pace: 100 Fun And Easy Ways To Slow Down And Enjoy Your Life is a self-help antidote to the hectic pressures that threaten to encroach on one's sleep and drive up one's blood pressure. Tips for savoring relaxation include how to create mini-holidays and restful activities like collages and free association exercises, mental relaxation techniques, indulging in the comforts of a spa at home, inexpensive creative pursuits such as taking pictures, drawing, or even play-doh, ways to take it easy on the job, innovations that offer relief from humdrum routines, and more. Each idea is only a couple pages long but presented in a simple, helpful manner to get one thinking about how to use spare minutes to truly get the most out of life. Especially recommended for anyone feeling stressed out from the daily grind.