Guilt Is Also A Way For Us

In Both Word And Deed, One Of The Greatest Idlers Of All Time Was John Lennon. In His Songs We See Repeated Defences Of Simply Lying Around Doing Nothing.

When People Say " I Just Don't Have Enough Time " They Mean " I Prioritized Something Else.

We Need To Claim Lunch Back. It Is Our Natural Right. It Has Been Stolen From Us By Our Rulers. The Fear That Keeps You Chained To Your Desk, Staring At Your Screen, Does Not Serve Your Spirit. Lunch Is A Time To Forget About Being Sensible, Practical, Efficient. A Proper Lunch Should Be Spiritually As Well As Physically Nourishing. Cosy, Convivial, A Treat; Lunch Is For Loafers.

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 Taste For Idling Grows, We Will Refuse To Work For Old-fashioned Bosses Who Demand A Five-day, 40-hour, Nine-to-five Type Week, Or Worse.

I've Given Up Email. Well, Almost. At The Weekend I Set Up One Of Those Auto-reply Messages, Informing My Correspondents That I Would No Longer Be Checking My Emails, And That Instead They Might Like To Call Or Write, As We Used To In The Olden Days.