Laziness

A fun thing about laziness is that there are no rules.  There are tons of ways to be lazy, and while many of them are entirely common, there are sometimes surprising new ways.

Before I begin, I'd like to state that I'm not generally considered lazy.  I put in ridiculously long hours of grueling tedious work, but sometimes stopping before the job is done can be so satisfying.

I'm not talking about standard lazy like quitting the leaf raking halfway through to have a beer and watch the football game. That's easy.  I'm talking lazy the average person would even dream of doing.  The other day I was at the gas pump tanking up.  I drive a little car, which only takes ten gallons of gas.  I filled about four gallons and I had a strong impulse to quit it.  It wasn't cold out.  Money wasn't the issue.  I didn't have anywhere else to be.  I just wanted to get in the car and go.  I would've save maybe ninety seconds of my life.  To me that's advanced lazy.  Lazy for the sake of lazy.

I usually take a vitamin in the morning.  It's intended to help with the terribly unbalanced diet I eat.  Some days I look at the pill bottle and just say, 'No.  I don't think so.'  Why?  I'm not really sure.  I'm right there, pill bottle almost in hand.  And how much time does it take to swallow a pill?  I have water in my other hand.  I wouldn't even have to get it.  Again, a small thing, but that's what makes it advanced lazy.

So I challenge you out there.  Think about the most senseless act of lazy you can.  Not skipping flossing.  That's basic lazy.  Something pointless, like not adding cream to your coffee, even though that's how you like it, because you just don't feel like stirring.  Think about it and then do it, or don't.  There's freedom in lazy.