#176 How the Book, The Art of Laziness, Scammed Me
Book review? A lazy edition!
I picked up The Art of Laziness expecting to be trained in the sacred art of laziness.
I was ready to make it my gru, my guru, and lie at its feet while it taught me how to lie anywhere—and to anyone—in pursuit of doing absolutely nothing.
But instead, what did I get? A relentless barrage of productivity hacks. I could have just logged into LinkedIN to enter that hell.
And so, though I am in training for the grand discipline of procrastination, I took it upon myself to write The Real Art of Laziness, a book in six points.
Don't show. Tell. If you can say you did it and most people believe it, that’s half the work done, without doing any work at all.
Find the easiest way to do something. Then don’t do that either. True laziness requires unwavering commitment.
Consume news endlessly. Read it, watch it, debate it, refresh it. The world is a mess, might as well use it as an excuse to do nothing.
Look busy. Fake it because you definitely don’t want to make it.
Use big words to confuse people into thinking you’ve done the work. “Optimizing proactive workflow efficiency” is basically just sitting and thinking about sitting.
Most importantly, remember: there are no shortcuts to true laziness. If you’re doing it right, you never even leave your home.
The book had so much potential given its title, and yet, the writer squandered it. What lazy writing!
Oh… I think I get the point now.
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