The International Institute of Not Doing Much

There are those who urge us to speed. We resist!

We shall not flag or fail. We shall slow down in the office, and on the roads. We shall slow down with growing confidence when all those around us are in a shrill state of hyperactivity (signifying nothing). We shall defend our state of calm, whatever the cost may be. We shall slow down in the fields and in the streets, we shall slow down in the hills, we shall never surrender!

If you can slow down when all around you are speeding up, then you're one of us. Be proud that you are one of us and not one of them. For they are fast, and we are slow. If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly. Some are born to slowness—others have it thrust upon them. And still others know that lying in bed with a morning cup of tea is the supreme state for mankind.

Infectious multitasking is on the increase. If you're attempting to eat breakfast and floss at the same time, or if you take phone calls during your meditation practice, you could be in trouble. Are you trying to exercise and sleep simultaneously? These are the tell-tale signs of a debilitating medical condition known as gettingthingsdoneitis. Studies have shown that rushing is a direct cause of rudeness, blunder, and mishap. Members IINDM understand all this and have embarked on the slow path to not much. Please read our basic 'how to slow down' guide here.

1. The firm of Excellence, Success & H ubris fires its slow consultant.

2. B. J. Driven is forced to write a letter of re-education after being captured by the Secret Society of Undercover Massage Therapists (SSUMT).

3. Major Smythe-Blunder shares his slow diary.

4. Dave at the autobody shop installs bathtubs for the guys.

5. Spokeswoman and Company Hairstylist, Elenore Lightly, finds article in Why Bother Magazine.

6. Billy Belcher Jr. at Fast-Paced likes his Relax-o-meter.

7. Lady Frump is outraged at the IINDM.

8. Gertrude Puffery from the School of Self-Absorption want's her uniform back.