A blog about not getting things done
Posted in creativity, idling, relaxation, sloth, unproductivity on Jun 29th, 2008
“We need to find the time to daydream and be bored, and to see that, too, as a part of our creativity. We need, as it were, to find the time to waste time without worrying about the consequences”.
Psychologist and author, Adam Phillips, when asked by writer Sean O’Hagan to name one single thing that […]
Posted in getting things done, gtd, idling, procrastinating, procrastination, productivity, sloth, slow, unproductivity, work on Mar 24th, 2008
Is that the time? Really?
Ah well, eight months since the last post might be a disaster if this blog was concerned with maximising your productivity, or how to be a millionaire by the time you are twenty, or how to achieve a three hour work week (a simple plan: undercut the four hour work week […]
Posted in "work ethic", idling, relaxation, sloth, unproductivity on May 30th, 2007
Britain is becoming a nation of aimless internet users, spending an average of two full working days a month surfing the web without any real purpose, a study claims.
The English language has acquired a new verb: to wilf. Wilf is coined from the phrase that many surfers utter when they realise that they’ve just been […]
Posted in health, idling, relaxation, sloth, tea, unproductivity on May 20th, 2007
(Photo thanks to Phil Moore)
While I will confess to not being the greatest fan of outgoing UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, just days from his retirement he has finally addressed one of the pressing issues of our time: how hard it is to get a decent cup of tea.
“It’s got to be properly strong, […]
Posted in health, idling, mindfulness, relaxation, sloth on May 6th, 2007
The kind of relaxation that is part of the sloth ethic depends on being able to live in the moment. It’s hard to enjoy sitting in the sun with a good book (I’m with you there, jcr) if you are fretting about the meeting that’s coming up next week, the interview next month, the effects […]
Posted in sloth on Mar 25th, 2007
From the comments on the first post at the Sloth Ethic:
“In the middle ages, (before the sin of “accedia” was unfortunately renamed to slander the cute, innocent 2-and 3-toed Central American arborial mammals with the adorable smile–’cause the New world hadn’t been discovered yet) –there was a concept called “Holy Sloth” and it meant the […]
Posted in meetings, moleskine, pigs, productivity, sloth, unproductivity, work on Mar 13th, 2007
You need three things to take effective notes in meetings: a large black sturdy notebook clearly marked with your name (a Moleskine is perfect for this: stylish, practical, and with a pocket to hide biscuits in), a pen, and a chair positioned so that no-one can see what you are writing.
Having all three of these […]
Posted in idling, productivity, sloth, unproductivity, work on Mar 11th, 2007
Most people would think of Robert Louis Stevenson was a productive man. He wrote book after book of compelling stories that are perfect for passing slow childhood Sunday afternoons while rain drops chase each other down the windows. But Stevenson was no fan of the treadmill, and he loved his sloth enough that he wrote […]
Posted in idling, productivity, sloth, unproductivity on Mar 4th, 2007
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time”
(Bertrand Russell)
The Sloth Ethic is dedicated – in a lackadaisical, slipshod sort of way – to the idea that many of us don’t spend enough quality time not getting things done.
I posted sporadically on a blog with the same name a little while ago, which mostly reflected […]