Idleness Allows You To Turn A Situation

Faffing Of Course Does Not Fit The Programme. We Are Supposed To Be Busy, Productive Citizens.

...[w]e Should Be Mucking About All The Time, Because Mucking About Is Enjoying Life For Its Own Sake, Now, And Not In Preparation For An Imaginary Future. It's Obvious That The Mirth-filled Man, The Cheerful Soul, The Childish Adult Is The One Who Has Least To Fear From Life.

Truly, The Bench Is A Boon To Idlers. Whoever First Came Up With The Idea Is A Genius: Free Public Resting Places Where You Can Take Time Out From The Bustle And Brouhaha Of The City, And Simply Sit And Watch And Reflect.

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.

What I've Found In Working Less Is You Start To Get A Bit More Involved In The More Real Politics, Which Is Local Politics That Affect What's Going On In Your Own Community.