Monday, December 19, 2005

A thought on laziness

By dictionary definition , laziness is “the lack of desire to act or work in general or to do an act or work that is expected of the person. The general tendency to do nothing”. This “natural instinct” is being dominant in my daily life recently after the starting of my long vacation. Just lost incentives to do any mental works but unfortunately, I have to finish 4 ecology field trip reports before the deadlines in mid January.
Being lazy is always considered as an undesirable quality in the social context. This concept is unpreventable to be part of my value system that makes me feel a bit guilty of not working hard or doing nothing. A typical Hongkonger's thought. Well, I think I should consider laziness in the "health discourse", that it is just a kind of inborn and inherent character of everyone to do nothing that makes me get healthy rest. Just like what the French writer Jules Renard said, “Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." I feel much better now.
By the way, I am still confident that I can finish my assignments before the deadline as I am always a person who works better with time limit and pressure. =P

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