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As an idler I pledge...

Some of the pledges made so far:
To strive not to work ridiculous hours, especially not for some corporate wankster. To strive to eat nice stuff that doesn't go ping at the end. I will not let stress intrude upon me where possible. Eat more home grown veg. To procreate and make idle babies. To eat slowly. To drink real ales frequently. To sing more. To smile more. To step off the 9-5 merry-go-round before I get queasy. To amuse myself in public as well as in private. To strive to amuse others as well as myself. To know that work is merely for paying the bills. To always remember that friends are a source of strength. To enjoy the simple things. To spend quality time in nature. To spend less with big businesses and corporations. To make lots of nice things instead. To go against the grain. To strive to make a difference, to the world and people around you... however small. To be happy!!! Read the pledges and add your own in the forum

Idle Wisdom - a collection of some of the most insightful, memorable and amusing writing of IF forum members

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  • I'm a freak... and that's all right by me!

    I am feeling particularly confident in my life choices today, so I wrote this essay about my own particular version of idleness which I hope you will all enjoy. I have suffered my whole life with a feeling of being 'not good enough'. Not thin enough. Not tidy enough. Not successful enough. You get the picture. But I have recently, thanks to a conversation with my elder sister, come to the conclusion that, actually, my life ISN'T normal. I'm NOT like everyone who can hold down a 40-hour-a-week job and take care of kids and keep a reasonably presentable house and have hobbies and socialise and all the rest of it put together. I burn out INCREDIBLY quickly. If I do too much of one thing, I have no energy for the rest of the demands on me. And you know what? That's OK. I'll never be like 'other people' and no matter what my father tries to drill into me, it isn't NECESSARY for me to be like them. I have realised that this would be all well and good if I was the kind of…
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