What is required as we travel towards full unemployment is not new legislation but a gradual change of mental attitude, a shift in values. As our... →
Tom Hodgkinson
Once you explore life outside of work, it becomes addictive. The less you work, the less you want to work. At first, the odd afternoon off seems like... →
Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work?
For a really relaxing time, you want to go to a place where the work ethic hasn't taken hold, where the culture hasn't been taken over by the... →
If your work is done on the phone, then surely you can set up some kind of wireless system. If your work involves reading or writing reports, then... →
Faffing is completely harmless, whereas its opposite - dynamic, purposeful activity - is often very harmful. Faffers do not tend to kill people or... →
Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work.
Deleting 200 spams a day is a drag. And I was checking my email constantly, rather than getting on with my real work, which is reading and writing.... →
I originally welcomed the mobile phone, as it seemed to me that it would enable you to work from anywhere. On the mobile, who was to know if you were... →
When we are busy at work and busy at home, an hour's walking every day becomes a real luxury. If done alone, the walk injects a period of... →