In Praise of Laziness

Jan 21, 2008 at 2:56 PM
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I have never been very comfortable with being lazy. I always feel a little bit guilty - like I really should be doing something at least mildly productive. I do watch some TV, but I'm always exercising or ironing or making a grocery list or giving myself a much-needed manicure while I do it.

So, one of the good-for-me things that have come with my new-ish beau is that Sundays have become our lazy day. I still struggle a little bit with a guilty restlessness, but I'm making progress. We both work like crazy all week and really need the down time. It helps to have someone else encouraging me to give myself permission to slow down and remember that I am doing something good for myself by doing nothing.

After many months of long, start-up days - what I really need is a vacation. But for now, a weekly day of rest is the next best thing.

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havybeaks wrote:
Jan 21, 2008

Purposeful recovery is a good thing. One could say that mild productivity is simply "inefficiency". What type of start-up are you involved with?

Nancy replied to havybeaks’ comment:
Jan 22, 2008

We do payroll for small businesses (hopefully lots and lots of them). Our CEO has done this before and been very successful. Many of us worked for him at the previous company as well so we have a pretty good shot at making it work again.

Anthony wrote:
Jan 24, 2008

I see nothing wrong with being lazy, people definitely need time to unwind from the demands of a busy working week, and it's good to have a definite time to do it in so that you have no excuses for not doing nothing :)