February 18, 2021 at 7:10 am EST | by Terri Schlichenmeyer
New book extols virtues of naps, TV, and weekends
Assume this position.
Feet up, head back, fingers laced over your belly. Eyes shut. Teeth unclenched. And there you are: ready for a nap – if you dare, if you have your work finished, if you can ignore the nagging feeling that there are things left undone, if you can stop feeling judged. Impossible? Not so, if you’ve read “Laziness Does Not Exist” by Devon Price, Ph.D.
A 9-to-5 job sure would be great, wouldn’t it? You’re snorting now, aren’t you? Because you get to the office early, sprint all day, say “yes” to everything lobbed at you, leave work by the moon, stagger home, and fall into bed the second you get there.
âThis isnât getting the work of the world done,â my mother used to tell me when I was young and talking on the phone to friends instead of cleaning my room or putting away the dishes or whatever else needed to be done. I still donât know exactly what the work of the world is, but it sounds so ominously important it made me believe that my laziness was in some ways contributing to world failure.
Her words still echo through my life. Even now, though I know that the world will go on even if I watch a whole nightâs worth of âDownton Abbeyâ episodes, I remember what my mother said and I turn off the TV.
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