Self-importance is a trap, because the moment we start to think that we actually matter is the moment when things start to go wrong. The truth is tha….

Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap..

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try….

Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work..

Being good to people is the only insurance policy you need..

Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure..

Little things like making clothes, baking bread, cooking, even useless things like bird-watching, sketching flowers, playing guitar in the home - tha….

The idea of a government is to create an ordered, willing work force where there's no trouble. I think idlers are generally seen as potentially dange….

In the West, we have become addicted to work. Americans now work the longest hours in the world. And the result is not health, wealth and wisdom, but….

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 not….

We have an idea that if something we're doing isn't actually earning money, or spending it, then it's completely worthless. But if you start to work ….

Faffing is good. It is an important part of life. Faffing is when we disconnect from the matrix and idle for a while, like a car. Our body and spirit….

The reason laziness is rarely pushed as a lifestyle option is down to one simple reason: money. There are fortunes to be made out of active lifestyle….

The accusation 'unprofessional' means 'You did not behave like a machine today..

I would like to propose slow cycling. Commute by bike. At a stroke, you remove the need for and absurd cost of public transport. Cycling is almost co….

Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative process. It i….

The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together..

Education itself is a putting off, a postponement; we are told to work hard to get good results. Why? So we can get a good job. What is a good job? O….

All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life..

We bore ourselves in order to earn money that we'll later spend on trying to de-bore ourselves.

Guilt is also a way for us to express to others that we are a person of good conscience..