Comments on: The Zen of Slack

By: admin

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:46:12 +0000

@ Jean – I agree, you are quite mature. I drop the ball in the balancing act quite often still. I’m not sure about the character building – I should have will of steel by now, given how often I must kick myself to be useful. But I’ll believe you, it’s better than the alternative… The weird thing is, both my mom and dad are doers. My brother and I… not so much.

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:25:46 +0000

I think I’m a slacker with maturity. My true personality would be forever content in the sun with a book and a bevvie or any activity that I can do at a leisurely pace. But, as a somewhat mature adult, I know the icky stuff needs to get done AND whether we like it or not, those tasks build character. My Dad is just plain lazy so I think the difference is that I get the necessary stuff done and he doesn’t. My Mom and Sister are doers. The down time for them is about as frequent as the bursts of energy are for me. We all have our place in the circle of life!

By: admin

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:13:05 +0000

@ Water-Roots – I envy you! Just to reiterate. Can you please bottle your energy and send it here please?

@ Teena in TO – I am indeed feeling better. Nothing is wrong with down time at all, I indulge in it freely and often

By: admin

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:11:27 +0000

@ Brown-Eyed Girl- you are definitely on to something – I am at my laziest with chores and must-do’s rather than hobbies and fun. Although sometimes I run out of steam even for that. But chores are indeed ungratifying and evil.

@ Tatyana – I think most people are, I just hate losing the balance, that’s all

By: Teena in Toronto

Teena in Toronto — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:10:00 +0000

Sounds like a busy week. I hope you’re feeling better.

Nothing wrong with some down time.

By: Water Roots

Water Roots — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:58:04 +0000

I’m mostly a doer, always on the go, constantly searching for something to do. But I do have slack moments, especially after I collapse from exhaustion

By: Tatyana

Tatyana — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:53:17 +0000

Very interesting, Tatiana! I think I am also somewhere in between.

By: Brown-Eyed Girl

Brown-Eyed Girl — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:43:43 +0000

I believe I’m in lazy in the things that I don’t like to do. I’ll go and go and go when it comes to the things I love like cooking, hiking, doing activities with my kids, travel, seeing all the things I can see and making time for friends and family.

The things like housekeeping & yard work I find to be thankless because as soon as you’re done it’s all coming undone all over again.

I often wish I like doing everything, even the chores.