In a world like the one we Americans have today, it's impossible to be lazy on accident. You have to really try to avoid news, work, family, friends, everything. In a world like today, you can be reached on the toilet, while grocery shopping at the store, while arguing with your significant other, even while camping. It's pretty hard to avoid stuff, people and responsibilities.
Heck, even on a day when I accidentally had no obligations, I still had a phone call (which I ignored because I did not recognize the number), I still made breakfast and lunch, and I will still make dinner and I will still talk to my family and friends. BUT I will NOT change out of my pajamas, I will not set foot out of my home, I will look out the window and marvel in the beauty of my surroundings from the comfort of my home while using my electronic devices purely for pleasure rather than for education, work or anything else, dammit.
I need days like today. Like, I really mean it, I need them. If I don't have a lazy day happen for me for too long, I get disconnected, I can't think, I don't remember to do the basics for myself, I am constantly frustrated and I just hate life. So far, I've been lucky! So far I've only had to deal with about a month of all the horribleness of not having a lazy day, but believe me, a month is long enough!
Talking to a friend at work a few weeks ago, she admitted to being lazy lately because of some thing or another. But I happen to know this woman is a diligent doer! She should have a laZy freakin day, she deserves it. I think a holiday might even be in order for her. Shit, I need one too! I could go somewhere beautiful where I don't have to clean, I don't have to take care of or worry about another human being. I get to go have my food prepared for me and I have nothing but entertainment and pleasing aesthetics everywhere I turn. And by holiday I don't mean Easter or Christmas or anything, I mean a REAL holiday, where you celebrate nothing and go somewhere where you really have the opportunity to enjoy.
I usually get a twinge of guilt after a lazy day. Like I don't do enough. Like I should have taken that opportunity to do more. Like I could have had this, this, this, this and that done if I'd have decided to take priority over lazy. But fuck that. I mean really. I need lazy, and I don't care who knows it. And I don't care who doesn't like it! Seems to me if you're judging me over my lazy day, it's more about you than it is about me, so you have fun with that judgement whoever you are.
Besides, I live my life for me. I live my life for my daughter and my family. I decide what is important and when it is important and why it is important. It's not up to anyone else. And that's a good thing! I do work hard, I do LIKE to work hard, I love to get in the zone and stay busy. But I don't need any of that to get by, it's just how I LIKE to spend most of my time: busy.
But...
I NEED LAZY.
One thought for the judgmental types: It's okay if you want to be judgy, just remember that there is a difference between being observational and being judgy. K?
Link of the day:
http://solarfamilyfarm.com/?p=560
Today, you get two, just because I want to:
http://undergroundhealthreporter.com/
We might as well make it three. Three IS the majic number:
http://jacksonpollock.org/
