Comments on: Habits for Your Stupid Days http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/habits-for-your-stupid-days/ Gary Rogowski Sat, 23 May 2009 21:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ‘Slacking off’ as a Safety Mechanism « Stu’s Shed http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/habits-for-your-stupid-days/#comment-265 ‘Slacking off’ as a Safety Mechanism « Stu’s Shed Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:56:13 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-265 [...] ‘Slacking off’ as a Safety Mechanism Posted on October 1, 2008 by Stuart Gary Rogowski (woodworker (insert a long list of relevant titles here) and star of a number of woodworking DVDs) makes a great point on his blog in a post titled “Habits for your Stupid Days“. [...] [...] ‘Slacking off’ as a Safety Mechanism Posted on October 1, 2008 by Stuart Gary Rogowski (woodworker (insert a long list of relevant titles here) and star of a number of woodworking DVDs) makes a great point on his blog in a post titled “Habits for your Stupid Days“. [...]

]]> By: Stuart http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/habits-for-your-stupid-days/#comment-264 Stuart Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:50:26 +0000 http://nwspdx.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-264 Hi Gary, Some great points there - I particularly like that you hav formalised the whole concept that there are a list of tasks for days when you just know it would be a little bit silly to even turn a tool on (and recognising that fact). In my (modest) shop, I have a couch, a TV hooked up to an iPod with a stack of movies (and DVDs by....Gary Rogowski!), and a number of activities I can do there (sharpening, sketching plans etc) for just those days that I am too tired, too distracted, or it is simply too late to make a lot of noise. However, until reading you post I didn't realise that this is a perfectly valid safety tool, and not just slacking off!! :) Regards, Stuart (www.stusshed.com) Hi Gary,

Some great points there – I particularly like that you hav formalised the whole concept that there are a list of tasks for days when you just know it would be a little bit silly to even turn a tool on (and recognising that fact).

In my (modest) shop, I have a couch, a TV hooked up to an iPod with a stack of movies (and DVDs by….Gary Rogowski!), and a number of activities I can do there (sharpening, sketching plans etc) for just those days that I am too tired, too distracted, or it is simply too late to make a lot of noise.

However, until reading you post I didn’t realise that this is a perfectly valid safety tool, and not just slacking off!! :)

Regards,
Stuart
(www.stusshed.com)

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