I loathe and despise all those ‘Getting Things Done’ productivity zealots with a passion. Especially when they start posting endless self-righteous blog entries about ‘how to watch TV more efficiently’ or ‘how to check your work email while taking a shower and juggling seventy-three plates at the same time’, so naturally today’s xkcd cartoon appealed to me immensely. I hold with my long-considered opinion that productivity gurus should just get on with being productive, giving themselves their usual smug and self-satisfied glow, and leave the rest of us – otherwise known as ‘life’s failures’ – the hell alone to potter around ineffectively and stare vacantly into the middle distance for hours, if that’s what we want to do and if that’s what makes us happy. Rant over. Thank you.