When such states of mind happen to us (feeling lazy), we may neglect our duties at work. As a result we can experience painful emotions that can bar us from living successful lives or from thinking in any way well of ourselves. Our desire for peace and silence is liable to be stigmatized profoundly and incorrigibly as laziness by our friends and colleagues. Doing nothing can be seen as a sin against the bustling activity of modernity.
But if we consider the matter from another perspective, we can see that the point lies in the very opposite scenario. The thing is not in our failure of being active, but in our inability to be "lazy" enough.
Do you allow youself to be inactive sometimes? Have you ever experiece a feeling of discomfort if so? Do you concentrate on your own emotions or try to compy with your colleagues's expectations at any cost?
Thanks a lot for reading my post. Here I'll share with you a link to this podcast.
The Hard Work of Being Lazy [we use all caps in titles]
Anna, if you would allow me, I'd like to give you some advice. All your posts so far have been very "cerebral" - intellectual and heavy. I personally think that your English would benefit from going back a little to more basic themes and vocabulary like you find in stories (fiction and non-fiction), personal experiences like trips, childhood, strange or funny encounters in your normal day-to-day life, etc. The type of English you have been writing requires very sophisticated language and structures and even terminology, but they don't really show your personality or communicate anything about you... how you think, how you feel, what makes you laugh, what outrages you. No self-expression. I just feel that you need to learn to express yourself on a personal level in a foreign language before you jump into writing instructional, psychological, self-help "manuals" like this one. Food for thought!)))
@CocoPop Thanks a lot for your excellent advice. I felt subconsciously that I need something to change. Taking more general topic will be more useful for me. I aslo notice that doing my voice records.
Your corrections and explanations are really helpful.
I'm happy to help, Anna, and I look forward to more posts!