Tom Hodgkinson
Tom Hodgkinson
Tom Hodgkinsonis a British writer, and the editor of The Idler, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His philosophy, in his published books and articles, is of a relaxed approach to life, enjoying it as it comes rather than toiling for an imagined better future. The Idler was originally a series of essays written by Dr Johnson from 1758 to 1760...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
enjoy making-a-living
Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work?
dad teenager ipads
Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddlers are on the DS, and so on.
idlers poet ifs
All poets are idlers, even if all idlers are not poets.
sleep simple laziness
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 lifestyles. Gyms charge fees. But no one is going to make money out of sleep. It is free.
simple age getting-what-you-want
In this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.
nice shoes coworker
Meetings, clearly, can take place anywhere, and wouldn't it be nice to see your coworkers lounging on the grass with their shoes off?
gone has-beens
Often, the things that a lot of work has gone into have been incredibly bad because they're over-worked.
depressing laughter sight
To me there is no more depressing sight than a five-year-old staring at a screen, unsmiling, mouse in hand. Besides whatever dreadful things this prolonged exposure to screens is doing to their brains, computer games tend to be solitary affairs, and produce little laughter.
simple naps benefits
Laziness works. And the simple way to incorporate its health benefits into your life is simply to take a nap.
naps weather eight
Surely, anyway, a working day of eight or nine hours which is not split by a nap is simply too much for a human being to take, day in, day out, and particularly so in hot weather.
philosophy laziness waste
There's nothing new about anti-work philosophy. History is dotted with individuals and groups who decided that laziness was next to godliness and work was a waste of time.
space giving car
When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder.
dread
Travelling fills me with dread.
dream thinking want
The best thing that can happen to anybody is to be sacked or made redundant because often that's when you think, "I don't want to become one of the living dead. I haven't got anything to lose, now I can start to follow my own dreams."