I originally welcomed the mobile phone as it seemed to me that it would enable you to work from anywhere. On the mobile, who was to know if you were sitting on the branch of a tree or sitting in an office? But it instead had the opposite effect: instead of freeing us from the office, it allowed the office to take away our freedom.
Tom HodgkinsonEmbrace the faff. Stare out of the window. Bend paperclips. Stand in the middle of the room trying to remember what you came downstairs for. Pace. Drum your fingertips. Move papers around. Hum. Look at the garden.
Tom HodgkinsonThere'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.
Tom HodgkinsonI think it's good to look at how people lived before, and then take the best bits of that culture and try to mix it in with your own.
Tom HodgkinsonIn this age of getting what you want and getting it now, the simple pleasure of browsing is often forgotten.
Tom Hodgkinson