Oh, I see the reason for Ruby's behaviour! She Googled "Slow Living", found a guide to slow living, and in true Ruby fashion, took it as literally as possible
Consume Less: easy, she'll eat less food
Adopt "slow" hobbies: Well, writing her notes out two or three times is certainly a way to slow down time
Do everything as well as possible instead of as fast as possible: She has to be the best at everything, the highest high achiever. She'll achieve this by filling her day with useless slow busywork
Don't treat everything in life as disposable: She doesn't throw out anything, even dead bugs and dust
Slow fashion: Buy clothes that look as old as possible, pair them in a way that could never be described as fashionable
Buy local and invest in the community: She bought a house in the local community and rented it out for a ridiculous amount to someone in the community
Try mindful breathing: The gross breathing and swallowing we sometimes hear in her voiceovers is simply her practicing mindful breathing
Don't rush through life: Ruby has achieved this by growing up as slowly as possible. Unlike you fast living losers, Ruby is savouring time. She stopped growing and changing at the age of twelve
If you follow these rules, you could be just like Ruby, living slowly in your tory parents countryside mansion, eating mushy homegrown vegetables for breakfast, filling your days with mundane tasks, twirling around in fields
she was clearly thinking chronicle, as in to chronicle one’s life and came to chronically which means something totally different…I mean, I teach 10 and 11 year old kids that could tell you she means chronologically. How does she get firsts in an English Literature degree when she gets those things wrong?!
