laziness poll

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I love days where I don't have to actually do anything but I also don't like doing literally nothing at all, if that makes any sense, cause it feels like I just wasted a day.

But on days where I got nothing to do and really do feel like just being lazy, I do things that I can do while lazy like reading a book or watching movies.

I'm not sure I'm lazy, but yes, I think think people have the perception I'm a sloth.

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I was going to compare it to before I retired, but I've spent two or so hours trying to fit into something readable, but in the end, who cares. Ancient history.
I use to truly loved my job, and I miss the days it was an enjoyable challenge. Seriously, I was lucky to have the job. I still get stressed remembering how it ended.

The jobs I had were kind of structured & a major reason for working of coarse was that I got paid. I was also dealing with a bad depression at the time & feeling very lonely & hated being single. My mom was on my case a lot about me still living at home as an adult because when my parents graduated high-school, adult kids were required to leave the nest & move out once they were no longer in school like going to college Working a lot got me out of the house more & mom complained a lot more about me living there as an adult when I was not employed. Staying busy at work was my way of trying to improve my situation & myself. Staying busy was kind of a distraction from the depression & I was hoping that working would help me get a relationship. I know as a disabled person that I majorly struggle with lots of things others can do easily. I did struggle with certain things related to my jobs & I felt I had to compensate for my disabilities by staying busy & doing a quality job with whatever I could do. I was looking for employment for a couple years before I got hired at my first job so I realized I was d@mn lucky just to have a federal minimum-wage job most anyone can do. I was on SSI at the time & my SSI got reduced by 50% of my pay before taxes. I didn't come out majorly ahead financially unless I worked overtime.

However at home I just don't majorly care if chores get done. Lots of things can be put off. There isn't really a reward for getting chores done & there isn't much of a requirement to do them either. Some chores lots care about don't seem to affect me if they are done or not. I also have some various health issues & trying to do a lot can get exhausting &/or physically painful & that pain can potentially get very sever. I'm sure my health is worse from having a very sedentary lifestyle & I def realize & acknowledge that I really need to start being more active to improve my health. However knowing I'll feel worse after doing chores makes me want to avoid them. Trying to start doing chores I don't have to do that day seems overwhelming. I want to gradually easy myself into exercising & some kind of physical therapy but it's very hard to start the habit. I can do an exercise one day but if I have to do any kind of chores the next day I'll make an excuse not to exercise, then I forget about exercising or I think about it at inconvenient times. When I was employed I pushed myself to go to work & get my job done but at home I just cant be arsed to do something that I don't have to do & I think of excuses to justify me not doing it. I'm not sure if this is related to a mental disorder like executive dysfunction since my problem seems to be environmental/location based. I think having a regular part-time job would be good for my physical health & also for my mental health so I don't have to stress about lack of money quite as much. The problem is I kind of need someone to lead me with finding employment & have no one to help me & I don't think I could physically handle having a job till I start exercising & improving my health some.



My girlfriend has pathological demand avoidance, bad executive dysfunction & ADHD. Cass tends to procrastinate till she cant anymore. She hates feeling pressured to do things & sometimes feeling pressured causes her to shut down or makes her irritated & that causes her to avoid things more. However other times Cass needs to feel pressured in order to start doing something. She's very forgetful & can easily lose track of time or forget she was planning to do something. She never had an official job. Cass did some volunteer things as a teen & in her 20s but she was lead into those things. She was very active in a small church & other small community things. She quit volunteering because others started saving work for her to do & Cass hated feeling pressured to do it. She does have various pain issues & she's always in some pain but it can get a lot worse. She has other various mental things as well. Cass feels horrible about being a leech on society(her words, not mine) since she's not employed & on government benefits. Cass knows she can not handle having a job either. Cass was taught growing up that she's worthless unless she's doing something for others. Not being able to handle a lot due to her mental & physical issues contributed to her majorly low self-esteem. Of coarse I majorly want to help her but I don't know what I can realistically do.

No. Even when I am doing nothing physically, my mind is always working.

IMHO hard work is drastically overrated.

I always liked the remark "Work fascinates me. I can watch it for hours."

That said, I could retire but I refuse and will typically work 60 or more hours a week.

My retirement plans are to retire the day before I turn 100. I would retire the day I turn 100, but that would be on a Saturday. By retiring on Friday, I can have two big parties in a row -- a retirement party on Friday and a 100th birthday party on Saturday.

For what it's worth, I'm about ready to go to sleep so I can wake up later today and work some more.

I'm a very lazy person. All I want to do is work on arts & crafts.

it's not "lazy" but it IS "energy conservation" which is a major thing in nature.