Great work! I have worked part time now for over 12 years and supplement my living with growing food and making beer and wine which I drink myself and trade for other things I need. Whoever came up with the idea of the protestant work ethic has sold us a lame mule.
Today saw me feeling defeated at my lack of energy. Another 50 plants to dig holes for. Garden to mow. Weight of burden on my shoulders, I remembered “How to be Free” sitting on my bookshelves. I pulled it out having not read it for years and retired to a hammock to start reading. It is a book I could never, but should have written. One of those books where you find yourself nodding vigorously, amazed that someone has written a book that speaks so much truth. It resonates with the times so well. It’s also rather whacky and off the wall. A dose of absurdity to wash the medicine down. Must dash as I have a list of work to write for tomorrow that is even longer than today’s. My kids are also rebelling at the luxurious idea of washing in collected rainwater.
Great talk...! Although please Tom Hodgkinson; don't take the lesson so seriously that the next lessons aren't released at all :D Hope they are recorded and I just can't find them..
Hi Sam, this is the first lesson in a series of videos which are available to buy on the Idler website (link in description). You'll also find the link for Tom's book 'How to be Idle' there too. Best, The Idlers
His first book How To Be Idle focused on working less. His next book admitted that ultimately it was about freedom, doing what you want. Once you've established that with new goals, you can work hard to attain those. Or not, because in How To Be Idle he gives an example of a writer who pretty much takes the rest of the day off after a long lunch break. So if you do what you enjoy and you're financially OK (by consuming much less), you can still avoid hard work.
Other book to add in your list of references I woud suggest - this one by Jules Vernes when he was young : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century
Great work! I have worked part time now for over 12 years and supplement my living with growing food and making beer and wine which I drink myself and trade for other things I need. Whoever came up with the idea of the protestant work ethic has sold us a lame mule.
Today saw me feeling defeated at my lack of energy. Another 50 plants to dig holes for. Garden to mow. Weight of burden on my shoulders, I remembered “How to be Free” sitting on my bookshelves. I pulled it out having not read it for years and retired to a hammock to start reading. It is a book I could never, but should have written. One of those books where you find yourself nodding vigorously, amazed that someone has written a book that speaks so much truth. It resonates with the times so well.
It’s also rather whacky and off the wall. A dose of absurdity to wash the medicine down.
Must dash as I have a list of work to write for tomorrow that is even longer than today’s. My kids are also rebelling at the luxurious idea of washing in collected rainwater.
Fascinating eye opening lecture for me. Where do I find the rest of this teaching clips? Such as part 2 and so on...
Great talk...! Although please Tom Hodgkinson; don't take the lesson so seriously that the next lessons aren't released at all :D Hope they are recorded and I just can't find them..
Life changing ❤
Much love 🙏😇. Thank you.
Awesome is this usually a paid course
Hi Sam, this is the first lesson in a series of videos which are available to buy on the Idler website (link in description). You'll also find the link for Tom's book 'How to be Idle' there too. Best, The Idlers
gotta love those socks !
found a nice job (selling gold) for 3 hours a day, plenty of free time for watching your yt videos :)
Can we all afford to idle?
Well the rich manage, it time we stopped supporting them and started to support ourselves .can we afford the idle rich ?
Idling didn't get you to where you are today. Hard work did. Did it not?
His first book How To Be Idle focused on working less. His next book admitted that ultimately it was about freedom, doing what you want. Once you've established that with new goals, you can work hard to attain those. Or not, because in How To Be Idle he gives an example of a writer who pretty much takes the rest of the day off after a long lunch break. So if you do what you enjoy and you're financially OK (by consuming much less), you can still avoid hard work.
This is privileged central.
Other book to add in your list of references I woud suggest - this one by Jules Vernes when he was young : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_the_Twentieth_Century