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, heroes of sloth, idling, productivity, relaxation, slow, tea, unproductivity on Apr 2nd, 2008
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
I have started this occasional series with a post about Lin Yutang. After all, he’s given this blog its tagline quote, (”If you spend a perfectly useless afternoon in […]
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 "business bullshit", "work ethic", getting things done, productivity, slow, unproductivity, work on Jun 2nd, 2007
“In other words, what looks like wasting time from where you sit, could be a whirl of creative thought from where I sit. And, with due respect to Mr. Gilbreth, all the energy that’s been poured into trying to force everyone to work at the same pace and in the same way — it […]
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 "work ethic", health, unproductivity, work on May 3rd, 2007
The Confederation of British Industry are moaning again about sick leave.
UK bosses suspect that one in eight of all UK workplace absences are due to staff faking illness, research by the CBI suggests.
The CBI are urging employers to crack down on this pernicious menace, after their survey revealed that employers suspected that 12% of illness […]
Posted in idling, moleskine, productivity, unproductivity on Apr 29th, 2007
Everyone’s favourite productivity tool is a moleskine notebook. But they can also be equally useful for not getting things done.
(photo thanks to Lost In Scotland)
Moleskines are wonderful quality notebooks. So wonderful, in fact that it is a crime to despoil the silky cream opulence of the paper by anything so mundane as writing in them. […]
Posted in gtd, lifehacks, productivity, unproductivity on Apr 10th, 2007
Think of the five most important things that you have to do. Write them down on a piece of paper. It will be useful if you try and prioritise these tasks – write them down, most important task first. Make a real effort to express each task as a single action that can be done […]
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 […]