A blog about not getting things done
Posted in health, idling, mindfulness, procrastination, relaxation, slow on May 28th, 2008
I’ve been thinking more about comments that I made in response to a post by Carl Honoré on his blog. Although sitting idly and wilfing might seem like something that the Sloth Ethic would thoroughly approve of, perhaps this shouldn’t always be the case.
There may seem like no better waste of time than an […]
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 creativity, getting things done, lifehacks, procrastinating, procrastination on Mar 25th, 2007
You can’t click a link on the web without stumbling over yet more advice on how to avoid procrastination. So we at the The Sloth Ethic thought that we would jump on the bandwagon outline our approach to overcoming procrastination, and getting things done. To rush into these things only reinforces your procrastinating tendencies, so […]