Slightly off topic to start with- I got a pleasant surprise to see Mrs. Travers tell the Disney guys in the movie Saving Mr. Banks (saw it last Sunday) that parents should not sugarcoat everything for their kids. Her childhood flashback was brilliantly done in the movie and shows how a father with endless love fails to fulfill the expectations of his child (by struggling at earning money and finally drinking and dying) but in the end she is most affected by his words and actions though by the time she realises the importance of her dad's way of life, it's a little too late.
Back to the topic, laziness is something that has intrigued me a lot because it seems to serve no purpose for man and there is no clear reason as to why people are still lazy in spite of millions of years of evolution. Perhaps there's more to laziness than meets the eye. To be honest, laziness has always come naturally to me, right from childhood! I've never really bothered to do more than I'm supposed to, although at a certain phase of my life, I was pretty much supposed to top the class. As the supposition faded away, so did my hardworking nature, and it reached a trough during my engineering days when playing online games was one of the main things that could be even remotely considered as work.
More recently, I'd come to the conclusion that laziness is similar to cheating or dishonesty. It's not exactly the same thing of course but then when you're being lazy and not studying as a student, you are in a way cheating yourself and your parents, as well as your future spouse and kids. An air traffic controller, by being lazy for a few minutes can cause the death of hundreds or even thousands. Thus it could be said that laziness is in an indirect way, a sin. But this is a very childish way of looking at things. Laziness among other things, leads to creativity since man has always tried to make his work easier through inventions. It also leads to better leadership and management skills as he tries to delegate work, which in turn results in the work getting done more efficiently. I would go to the extent of saying that laziness and rebellion are some of the things that define human beings (though not definitive as sense of humour) and that all normal human beings would have these to some extent. Properly managed laziness can be crucial, thus.
But the most important aspect about laziness I feel- which is consistent even with evolutionary needs is that people are prepared to do insane amounts of work just so that they can laze around later on. Very often, people who work their asses off throughout their prime-days are in fact preparing themselves for a calm and relaxed end to their life. For the average person, studying hard for an exam is also partly motivated by the chilling out and 'doing nothing'ness that follows after it's done.
Aand I guess I'm too lazy to write more :D
Back to the topic, laziness is something that has intrigued me a lot because it seems to serve no purpose for man and there is no clear reason as to why people are still lazy in spite of millions of years of evolution. Perhaps there's more to laziness than meets the eye. To be honest, laziness has always come naturally to me, right from childhood! I've never really bothered to do more than I'm supposed to, although at a certain phase of my life, I was pretty much supposed to top the class. As the supposition faded away, so did my hardworking nature, and it reached a trough during my engineering days when playing online games was one of the main things that could be even remotely considered as work.
More recently, I'd come to the conclusion that laziness is similar to cheating or dishonesty. It's not exactly the same thing of course but then when you're being lazy and not studying as a student, you are in a way cheating yourself and your parents, as well as your future spouse and kids. An air traffic controller, by being lazy for a few minutes can cause the death of hundreds or even thousands. Thus it could be said that laziness is in an indirect way, a sin. But this is a very childish way of looking at things. Laziness among other things, leads to creativity since man has always tried to make his work easier through inventions. It also leads to better leadership and management skills as he tries to delegate work, which in turn results in the work getting done more efficiently. I would go to the extent of saying that laziness and rebellion are some of the things that define human beings (though not definitive as sense of humour) and that all normal human beings would have these to some extent. Properly managed laziness can be crucial, thus.
But the most important aspect about laziness I feel- which is consistent even with evolutionary needs is that people are prepared to do insane amounts of work just so that they can laze around later on. Very often, people who work their asses off throughout their prime-days are in fact preparing themselves for a calm and relaxed end to their life. For the average person, studying hard for an exam is also partly motivated by the chilling out and 'doing nothing'ness that follows after it's done.
Aand I guess I'm too lazy to write more :D
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