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I'll be the first to admit it, I'm a lazy guy. I like doing as few things as possible during the day - and I like expending as little energy as possible getting those few things done.
Lately, I've been reading a lot of the Zen Habits blog by Leo Babauta. As I read more and more about doing less and less, I've noticed that being truly "lazy" is actually an art form. I'm not talking about your "average-run-of-the-mill" lazy though, this is about being productively lazy... Zen Lazy.
Productively lazy... is that even possible?
Sure it is.
It pretty much breaks down like this - it's not about how much you do, but the quality of WHAT you do.
Yep, that's it.
Why worry about a list that's a million items long - which you know you'll never get to - when having a list of only 3 or 4 things is plenty to keep a person busy for a day... and then looking like a rock star for getting it all done.
You might fight it at first, feeling guilty for not working on those million things - but after a little while you'll too be preaching this new way of life.
Think about it... read up on it... go live it.
