The virtue of idleness

From the Bible on, moralists and nags have promoted the benefits of hard work and early rising. They are mistaken, argues Tom Hodgkinson. For breathing space to create and time to reflect, indolence is essential. He offers a guide to easy living, pleasurable illness, and effortless sex

Read on in the Guardian. Working from home, having proven myself too idle to subscribe to The Idler, and living with a firm believer in the protestant work ethic, this strikes a couple of chords, not least the one about not doing something not being the same as not thinking about something, which in my case frequently means that I'm working hard while lying in.

Allegedly.