I do not like doing a work if it is possible to avoid
it. There are two caveats to this.
2. No
appreciable fall in the weight of my wallet.
After the laundry I left one pair of my washed shocks
downstairs near my shoes instead of taking it up to the tall boy drawer
upstairs. My wife immediately labeled me lazy. But it makes so much sense. Next
day when I am getting ready to go out l just pick it up from the floor and put
the shoes on. Being organized is not being lazy, it is being smart. Isn’t it?
I am called lazy when I shout to Google Home Assistant
to put the lights on. If you can get the work done by wagging your tongue, then
it makes no sense for wasting valuable energy in getting up and walking to the
light switch and back again. Add to this the psychological trauma of separation
from the cosy, soft and warm sofa!
Now everyone has become used to the idea of using “remote”
for changing the channel and volume of TV but about 30 years ago (when one had
to pay extra to buy a remotely controlled TV) I was told not to be lazy.
My present car does a lot of things which a decade ago
I had to do. It changes the gear, maintains the speed and applies the break if
I am about to hit someone or something. It looks up the address where I wish to
go and give the directions. But still I
have to control the steering and give the signals. Now I am seriously thinking in buying a car
which can drive without much input from me.
I am waiting for the price to go
down so that it does not contravene the2nd caveat which I have
mentioned before
This entire advance in science and technology will be
worthless if we all refuse to utilise it to avoid wasting time and energy in
doing mundane tasks. It makes life easier and frees up valuable time to enjoy
with one’s partner, play with kids (or grand kids), read books, watch TV, go
for a walk, peruse the social media, discuss politics...the list is endless.
You see, by not being lazy you are destroying the very motivation
of scientific inventions and discoveries.
For being happy
and lazy you have to think smart and be clever.
I will end this with
a quote from Bill Gates “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a
lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
