When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else.

Paradoxically, to be truly idle, you also have to be efficient.

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 completely free. There is no longer any need for the gym as you get fit by cycling. And you can go at your own pace.

When walking you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder.

Indolence of course is an absolutely crucial part of the creative process: you do not find poets sitting in rows in cavernous word factories, staring at screens. They are rather to be found lolling on the sofa or strolling through the groves, nursing their melancholic temperaments and losing themselves in extended reveries.

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 everything.

Faffing of course does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.