<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="/rss/styles.xsl" type="text/xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Slow Hours</title><description>Notes on minimalism, daily routines, simple living and keeping focus — a calm lifestyle journal by Chirag Singhal.</description><link>https://lifestyle-blog.oriz.in/</link><language>en</language><managingEditor>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</managingEditor><webMaster>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</webMaster><item><title>A calmer morning routine</title><link>https://lifestyle-blog.oriz.in/blog/a-calmer-morning-routine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lifestyle-blog.oriz.in/blog/a-calmer-morning-routine/</guid><description>Most morning routines fail because they ask too much before you are awake. Here is a smaller one — three anchors, no app, no 5 a.m. heroics — that survives real life.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Mornings</category><category>morning</category><category>routine</category><category>habits</category><category>slow living</category><author>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</author></item><item><title>Owning less, choosing better</title><link>https://lifestyle-blog.oriz.in/blog/owning-less-choosing-better/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lifestyle-blog.oriz.in/blog/owning-less-choosing-better/</guid><description>Minimalism sold as an aesthetic is just shopping with a smaller palette. The version worth keeping is quieter: own less so each thing you keep can be good, used, and paid attention to.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Space</category><category>minimalism</category><category>owning less</category><category>simple living</category><category>space</category><author>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</author></item><item><title>Deep work for a distracted mind</title><link>https://lifestyle-blog.oriz.in/blog/deep-work-for-a-distracted-mind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://lifestyle-blog.oriz.in/blog/deep-work-for-a-distracted-mind/</guid><description>Advice on focus usually assumes a calm mind that just needs a plan. If your mind is not calm, the plan is the wrong tool. Here is how to do deep work when distraction is the baseline, not the exception.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Focus</category><category>focus</category><category>deep work</category><category>attention</category><category>productivity</category><author>whyiswhen@gmail.com (Chirag Singhal)</author></item></channel></rss>