Spaced out

Here at The Alternative GTD approach to life; we encourage the act of spacing out. Many people would say that it is a waste of time, and that people who do so are usually drunks/stoners/people not progressing/achieving in life…but I say they are wrong, for the people that undertake in this behaviour are not the problem with this world. Surely it is the busybodies of this world that cause so many more problems than someone staring at a playstation 3 screen! So no more shall spacing out be considered to be being unproductive, infact spacing out should now be encouraged from this day forward.

A pioneer of all things GTD, Mr Tom Hodgkinson of the Idler magazine wrote in the Guardian today how;

Faffing is good. It is an important part of life. Faffing is when we disconnect from the matrix and idle for a while, like a car. Our body and spirit know deep down that human beings were not made for constant toil so subconsciously creates space through the mechanism of faffing.

and also how;

Faffing is completely harmless, whereas its opposite – dynamic, purposeful activity – is often very harmful. Faffers do not tend to kill people or make them work 12-hour days or sell them shoddy merchandise or lend them vast sums of money that they cannot pay back.

The Alternative GTD approach to life is behind Tom Hodgkinson on this matter. With the current credit crisis so evident in the UK maybe a little faffing around would do us all some good!

Tom encourages us to;

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. Go to the shed with the intention of tidying up and instead fall asleep. Make mental notes. Read every single word of the newspaper – even the job ads – before getting down to work. Lose yourself in erotic reveries. Pat your pockets. Resolve to be more organised in future. Be useless.

Therefore especially with the impending credit crisis, doing nothing (aka not spending) this weekend, should be encouraged. So this weekend’s top 3 tips to faffing are:

• to light up a doobie/crack open a beer and sit in your favourite chair and just do nothing. Listening to your favourite cd optional.
• go for a walk on the beach and just listen and watch the waves.
• find a good fence/gate in the countryside and just lean.

The Alternative GTD approach to life – pushing for a better tomorrow, today.