There are a lot of little tricks you can do to inject a bit more time into the day. Most important is… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I could bear to go on an aeroplane again. It's not my concern for the welfare of the… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Self-importance is a trap, because the moment we start to think that we actually matter is the moment when things start to… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Whether you live in the city or in the country, creating time for a leisurely ramble is an easy thing to do. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Once you explore life outside of work, it becomes addictive. The less you work, the less you want to work. At first,… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
For a really relaxing time, you want to go to a place where the work ethic hasn't taken hold, where the culture… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Benjamin Franklin and the whole idea of a new attitude to money: "Time is money." He invented that idea. Before that, time… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work? — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
“Idleness as a waste of time is a damaging notion put about by its spiritually vacant enemies. The fact that idling can… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
There's nothing new about anti-work philosophy. History is dotted with individuals and groups who decided that laziness was next to godliness and… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
In both word and deed, one of the greatest idlers of all time was John Lennon. In his songs we see repeated… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
...[W]e should be mucking about all the time, because mucking about is enjoying life for its own sake, now, and not in… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
By taking out a loan, I am committing myself to years of interest repayments, and therefore to years of wage slavery. And the UK… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a brilliant thing because once you've finished it, you've done it, and there's the potential for it to go on… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Beauty, pleasure, freedom and plenty of sleep: these are the hallmarks of a successful idler's break. Travel should not be hard work. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
These days we seem more bound to our bosses than ever before. We even identify our own selves with the jobs we do: 'What… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
The way to stop feeling guilty is to read stuff - I'm not saying my book, but works by Bertrand Russell or Oscar Wilde,… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
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… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
When stuck years ago in a job I hated, my only friend was the public bench. As the tedious mornings dragged on, how I… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Sensible people advise against drinking on an empty stomach, but to my mind it is the best sort of drinking. — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image