During a tranquil moment doing nothing but relaxing, my mind started wandering onto my extensive to-do list, prompting me to consciously refocus on the present (thanks to a lot of mindfulness practice!) and pause.
Being in my mid-forties, I had gone so far into the habit of always being busy that I had almost forgotten that it is perfectly fine to have some lazy time outside of the “scheduled holidays”.
So, I reflected on my views about laziness and wondered if it could ever be considered a problem. Let’s face it, who do not enjoy having a lazy day doing nothing that “tick the boxes”?
But then again, why should we often have an associated feeling of guilt when this happen? Are we not doing enough already?
Do we need to justify this to ourselves?
Wikepedia defines laziness as “a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or to exert oneself.”
To me, laziness describes my ability to consciously put away my list of things to do and give myself some free time with no sense of guilt!
A lazy hour (or more!), doing nothing specific, especially with no screen time, but resting at home, outdoor, with friends, etc., is providing my mind, body & soul some time to reset before going back into this endless list, which I usually end up tackling with a better perspective.
Perhaps, laziness can also turn out to be an issue when it starts overtaking our mind-set and impacting on our life.
I sometimes hear the word lazy being used negatively such as “If I was not so lazy, I would xxx” or “I could have done that if my laziness did not take over” and that is ok.
However, some questions should be asked:
Was this not achieved so that I could reset or was this not achieved due to my personal procrastination? lack of motivation? lack of self-esteem? fear of failure, etc.?
Certain avoiding behaviors could also be a signal for us to reflect on our state of mind when they become recurring.
If laziness starts interfering with our own beliefs about our actions (or inactions) to the point of being integrated often into our language or thoughts, maybe it is time to take a lazy moment to truly reset or dive deeper into the roots of our “not doing”.
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