I Got COVID and Fell in Love With Laziness

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[@chrisneilgreen]

I respect the commitment to doing the whole voice over with your face in the pillow

[@MothsAreTheBest]

I dont, it was so tiresome to listen to I had to skip this one :(((

[@valse8]

At first I thought it was genious, but it quickly turned into annoying 😅

[@miramosa7768]

It's such a quintessentially Whezy thing to do, too.

[@mickelamock2220]

I love it too!!!

[@HashSl1ng1ngSlasher]

Channeling Plinkett this video fr

[@austinmcconnell]

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[@mitmon_8538]

Beat me to it!!

[@alockpro]

Ditto

[@SonoranSol]

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[@AwkwardPain]

@@mitmon_8538 I made mine thinking I was smart, but then saw this one! NOW I KNOW I am smart! Like all fo you :)

[@shankyoncloud7420]

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[@kildpopper]

I read something recently about how we've forgotten how to be sick. Modern medicine keeps us healthy enough that we've lost the art of slowing down and letting our bodies heal when necessary. I think about that a lot.

[@Scrofar]

Holy shi(r)t I never thought of it that way before. It makes sense though. I consider myself very lucky for having a decent immune system, so in the rare times I do actually get hit by a cold or flu, my whole being goes kaput. It's like my body hit the emergency shutdown button, because it knows I would attempt to forcefully power through the week without resting. I don't think my body remembers how to function normally while sick, let alone my brain.

[@Hannah-wh3vo]

I'm disabled and can't work. I carry around a lot of shame about it. Thing is, what may look like laziness is actually me working incredibly hard to keep myself alive. But that doesn't make anyone any money so I guess I'm worthless. Trying to unlearn this.

[@abbierose2278]

Same. The shame is almost the worst part of being disabled.

[@matt45540]

I'll tell you almost no one derives a lot of value from what they do at work. Build friendships, love your family, stay positive and spread it! 🫶

[@Visual_Gag]

I'm in a similar state of mind. Too sick to do much let alone bring in money for the people who help me. Laziness has its use but it gets old very quickly. When I've seen some people being ableist when it comes to whether or not disabled people should get benefits when they themselves cant 'contribute to society' the sentiment that always comes back to me is that people in need of help likely contribute more to their family and community by just being around, than someone who would get mad about being forced to help others. The two types of people who look down on those in need are either assholes or the people needing help themselves. Nobody who thinks less of us is reasonable for doing so, us included. Doesn't make it easier but it's the state of mind we gotta work towards

[@Jessicab-u7c]

I'm on disability too, i hear a lot of people in the streets saying things like those on social income are so lazy but that they wish they could do it too. I would never wish anyone to become disabled it's just stupid to say those kinds of things.

[@Hannah-wh3vo]

@@Jessicab-u7c Absolutely. I sometimes have good days when I can leave the house by myself and do more than one thing in a day and it feels AMAZING. Anyone who thinks they'd like to be trapped at home all day every day without the energy to get anything done is an idiot

[@b00mshucka635]

Human beings not human doings 👍

[@Scrofar]

PREACH

[@tatttoo101]

One of the most helpful things that I've heard about "laziness" is that it's often used in a way to try to manipulate people into doing something that otherwise wouldn't be good for them/they wouldn't do. And now when I hear someone saying I'm being lazy, I just tell myself "I'm not doing anything wrong, they just want me to do something they otherwise can't force me to do." That helps me to not internalize the idea that resting=lazy=bad

[@sidilicious11]

The issue is when other people feel resentful about have to pick up the lazy person’s slack

[@Esgaroth2005]

I haven't noticed that. That's an amazing point.

[@emilymartin5418]

@@sidilicious11 they should be lazy too. So much of what is expected is pointless but it's hard to see from within the hustle.

[@bonniesmith7277]

Radical rest is one of the best ways to prevent Long COVID. It's not lazy.

[@Nill2323-l8s]

Yesss, exactly! Resting when you’re ill, and afterwards as you recover, is *so* important. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

[@Mau365PP]

I have long covid. Thank you all for preventing and ignoring our condition 😒

[@bonniesmith7277]

@@Mau365PP I'm not trying to ignore Long COVID. I apologize for any misunderstanding. LC needs research, funding, and answers. I hate that you are in this situation. I'm sorry.

[@Ajfmaizy]

​@@bonniesmith7277I have severe LC, i thought your original comment was good!

[@emilymartin5418]

@@Mau365PP you also have a straw man argument.

[@reizak8966]

I've got a major surgery coming up in December, and I'll be out of work for about 2 months after. I have been making lists of how to maximize my time while I'm home. Work on my gaming backlog, finish some art projects, do some home renovations. I have been so worried that I'll "waste my time," but this has kind of inspired me. Think I'll just focus on healthy eating, hydrating, and getting adequate rest and proper exercise. Everything else is just a bonus.

[@nathaliedrinkstea]

Wishing you all the best for your surgery and a good recovery 💛 Take it slow 💛

[@kingfisher9553]

same

[@tomrogue13]

Taking care of yourself is doing something

[@Jessicab-u7c]

Best of luck with your surgery, i hope you have a pleasant relaxed recovery.

[@brightsalot]

How are you planning to do home renovations while healing from major surgery??!??? Gaming and art definitely sound reasonable in moderation, but I’m trying to think of a home reno project you yourself could do while in recovery…unless it’s just hiring someone and being present while they do the work, I’m having a hard time coming up with any ideas. I definitely like the sound of your new plan though, not that my opinion matters one bit, but I hope it all goes well and you heal up nicely! 💐

[@MyFocusVaries]

I saw an article, "There is no such thing as laziness. There are only unseen barriers." I despise the word lazy. It's so judgmental. Definitely need an alternative. Resting. Relaxing.

[@bongenev]

What a life-changing way of looking at it

[@ThatLaurenThing]

I’m super pregnant and taking this video as a sign to embrace the laziness I’ve been fighting for the last 7 months

[@NatashaNavigating]

You're not lazy. You're growing an entire human being. One that will be totally dependent on you for the next decade...at least😏 Rest up & Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

[@isabellas3167]

as someone who didn't know I had ADHD for my whole childhood: executive dysfunction is real, laziness is not, and I shouldn't feel guilty about it!

[@coralovesnature]

Same! (Probably anyways, still not diagnosed b/c getting a diagnosis is expensive). I’m also probably autistic and basically my entire life I have spent constantly conserving my social energy because any and all human interaction is incredibly exhausting and draining for me. Sometimes it is viewed as “lazy” because it looks like I’m just sitting around not interacting, but really I need that time to rest and decompress from having to always be logically interpreting all incoming stimuli (on top of all the other “normal” things one must do to exist). Without that time I would probably want to rip all the skin off of my body

[@melaniemurphyofficial]

I had a horrific bout of long Covid earlier in the year because I didn’t embrace rest at any point in the lead up to when I caught it, I think it was less about the actual virus and more about the fact I was living in a chaotic state of stress for months (two kids, breastfeeding, renovating, running a business with zero staff, silly bitch) and the virus tipped my nervous system over the edge! I had like, fifty symptoms after the virus cleared up and fully thought I was going to die 😅 My brain then ‘learned’ new incorrect neural pathways to try keep me safe and slow me down (I was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder), it was giving me burning nerve pain in my limbs, like what happens when someone runs out in front of your car and you get a huge fright to make you react…but it was just there most of the time and I couldn’t even sleep I was in permanent fight or flight. Dark thoughts man. It took ages to help my nervous system find balance and I had to do all this brain retraining to teach my brain that my body was safe. Just so bloody avoidable. I feel like I lost months of my life! But I’ve had to start posting less to KZbin, two vids a month max seeing as I am too much of a control freak to hire anyone to help me lol…Instagram is easier but then I feel bad for contributing to the short form content scroll hole. We all need to spend more time offline, resting, with loved ones, laughing, with fuck all to do. It’s SO important. 💚🫶 Look after yourself! X

[@char_the_shark]

thank you for sharing! i'm glad you're feeling better now ❤ i'm actually going through this as well--i got diagnosed with fnd a few months ago, and my doctor is at a bit of a loss for what to do. would you mind sharing what helped you in your process? don't feel pressured! but any advice is truly appreciated ❤

[@melimsah]

This feels almost like old school 2010 era Wheezy. Just gotta add some eagle punches and clones and we're set.

[@hippyjason]

...And the singing chair intro.

[@danielstevens8191]

🦅🤛🏼

[@28th_St_Air]

I love how you committed to delivering the audio for most of the video with your face smashed on the bed.

[@job181]

Me too 😂

[@alisalarsen9163]

I'm glad there were captions

[@ASmileUponYourFace]

I just got diagnosed with long covid yesterday and probably the most important recovery tool is being lazy. Also being lazy is probably the most important part of avoiding long covid. So I guess I should have been lazier and thank you for this masterclass in laziness ❤

[@bonniesmith7277]

I hope your baseline improves and you find relief.

[@MyFocusVaries]

Resting. Not being lazy.

[@Mau365PP]

Sorry to be a mood killer, but I have been sick with long covid for 3 years without progress. I just keep deteriorating

[@Jessicab-u7c]

@@Mau365PP so sorry to hear that i really hope in time it gets better.

[@MyFocusVaries]

@@Mau365PP I had an acquaintance (one of the first 25 cases in BC Canada) who didn't improve for years, then suddenly did.

[@smirbelbirbel]

I am finding a lot of appreciation for both my childhood GP and my mum (nurse) who, whenever I caught a cold, said all you do now is drink tea and sleep and rest. Eat if you're hungry. Your can take some meds against nausea or pain if you need to. Other than that, your little immune cells are gonna handle it and they need to be left in peace to do it. Took me another 20 years to get that being sick is not the only reason for resting. But at least there was a decent foundation. 😅

[@phrebh]

There is no such thing as lazy. That just homegrown ableism. Deep-rooted, constant reminder, adult promoted, capitalistic, homegrown ableism.

[@AurmazlZudeh]

I never thought of it like this before

[@Nill2323-l8s]

Ding ding ding!

[@shayq5463]

I try to remind myself of what Elyse Meyers says-- REST IS PRODUCTIVE. It serves a purpose! Therefore it is a needed thing!

[@SelfAbridged]

Needed this. I keep feeling jealous of people who are sick enough to stop working (or in the hospital), while simultaneously putting myself down for procrastinating too much because I get distracted by... every possible distraction. I'm so exhausted that I can't focus. And then I feel guilty for being jealous of sick people. It's like I'm just hunting for an excuse to enjoy my life. I need reminders now and then that it's okay to just, y'know, live. (This is a lazy comment despite being long btw cause this is what I want to be doing vs what I "should" be doing.)

[@Cynthia63636]

As someone who was "just above" that line for a long time.. and now is well below that line.. to be fully honest, this side is better.. yeah it sucks to spend all day in bed not being able to do what you want to do.. I miss work so much! But I was in so much pain always.. and so so so depressed.. ❤❤❤ I'm sorry your situation is this bad ❤❤

[@TaliaCastilleja]

Remember that "should" is often what one wants for their future selves and "want" is often what one wants for their current selves.

[@tonyamathis6667]

I've been there. Fantasizing abt being in a car accident and being hurt just enough to have to stay in the hospital overnight. Because in our go go go society and not having money - what is this "vacation" word ppl speak of? I can now recognize when I start getting Burnt Out. And I Have to take a couple days off - to rest and do some of the things that I haven't had time for.

[@saram5659]

I had that accident and not working for 10 years, and guess what? I still feel guilty for not doing stuff when I'm too tired or ill. 😢 There is no external solution, working on that Fear is an inside job

[@Olivina330]

Got COVID last week coming back from our honeymoon, so it was two weeks of sheer blissful laziness, followed by one of sniffly, sleepy laziness. Very productively making my way through Gilmore Girls, that Logan is one weird guy. Thank you for the BEDtalk interlude 🙏

[@Getatron]

Hi, licenced mental health counsellor diagnosed with ADHD as an adult here. I have A Lot of Opinions about the word lazy. You're only lazy when you're enjoying it. It's only relaxing if you're free from stress while doing something "unproductive". And relaxation is the same thing as maintenance for machinery - either you do it regularly, or the machine breaks down and you HAVE TO repair it. Your body does the same. Laziness is one of those words my patients use most often, and it gets them worried to the point of breaking. It doesn't help anyone.

[@KitchenPenguin]

I got COVID for the first time over the summer and basically got stuck at my parents' house for 2 weeks because we all tested positive. They gave me, their adult child, chores, but I spent the rest of my non teleworking time reading and sitting under a tree in the back yard. It was a blessing in disguise because it forced me to slow down and rest.

[@andrewzach1921]

How dare they expect their adult child to do chores. One might expect you offered to do the chores for your parents who you said also had COVID.

[@toria.rey.]

This gives me “A Relaxing Time with Just for Men” energy and I’m here for it

[@madelyn2351]

Behhhhhp bepp bepp bepp bepp

[@NotEarlyBird]

You know wheezy is doing something right when I enjoy hearing his muffled bed voice, and I watch through the ads

[@RebeccaShores]

I've had covid once in 2022 and I was the first one in my family with two young children. I was completely quarantined by myself for 3 and 1/2 days. It was a radical change in my routine to not only not have a ton of things on my list to do, but also having time that was my own often. Even when I might have less on my to-do list, I have frequent interruptions with smaller needs because I do have two young children. While I did feel like absolute crap, i got to play videogames, read a ton, and got back to doodling in my sketchbook. It was kinda refreshing to have a lazy few days even though i was sick during it. When my kids are a little over, I hope to have a little bit of scheduled lazy time because it does tend to be both refreshing and often boosts my creativity. Realizing the importance of downtime in my adult life has made me realize. All I really want to be is a Hobbit and nothing is better than being a hobbit in my cozy little hobbit hole with my cup of tea and my cute little garden.

[@ihartevil]

You realize covid never reproduced right Italy proved this years ago the longest it lives 3 days on plastic It goes away in sunlight right away The american government ended up making chemicals and try to pass it off as covid and that happened right around the hit of covid in 2019 I took it as coincidence and the american government got lucky as well as people being stoopid and never researched stuff the moment the outbreak happened I researched Italy the country on top of it most

[@zoemcleod5998]

This is... kind of beautiful and has confirmed what I've been thinking about a lot lately. I especially like what you said about the billionaire gremlins, because for the vast majority of human history, our only job has to been to feed and look after our communities. Everything I've read about our nomadic ancestors seems to confirm that they had loads of leisure time. So, all this productivity stuff is basically a modern invention, and kind of dumb. Thanks, Craig :)

[@xXESproductionsXx]

That's how I felt after I had my surgery. The recovery was super easy. Most of the time I felt no pain, but the doctor ordered me to rest for a week. My wife got me Nintendo Switch Online so I can play through OOT during my recovery and I fully embraced it. It was soo nice.

[@rainbowtravelingyogi]

Thank you, I needed this, I’ve been sick for the last 3 days, and TMI, just started my period. My uterus is on fire with anger on top of flu symptoms… and yet, I feel guilty for not doing things. So thank for this, it helps❤

[@PwnageFury]

I ended up with covid in January.and although it was terrible to be so sick, it was absolutely glorious to just give myself over to the exhaustion and be grateful that I was in a place in my life I could just tell everyone to wait a week or so until I was better. After 18 years of intense eldercare, raising my kids, and helping them launch as adults, it made me realize how little true rest I get most of the time and how deeply I needed it. We really undervalue true rest as a society.

[@JaySteetsArt]

Craig, I added this to my Health playlist because this is a very wise video. Truly. Thank you for articulating out loud the voices in my head, and telling me to listen to them. To love them.

[@benjaminwilson9007]

"What would you do if you had a million dollars? I'd do nothing. Well you don't need a million dollars to do nothing." -Office Space Conversation

[@TechNextLetsGo]

If you rest enough you get bored and then WANT to be productive.

[@alexandratomczyk]

I watch this as I lie in my bed, the dog is lying in his bed, it's Saturday morning, there's nothing I need to do and I love it.

[@ArtStardust]

"Laziness Does Not Exist" by Devon Price is an excellent book on this subject. You're basically correct.

[@Chucanelli]

Oh man, this describes why I kinda love being sick. It doesn’t happen often for me, so when it does happen I just embrace it. I’ve suffered from crippling mental health stuff for a long time, and I’ve slowly gotten more functional over the years. I’ve never been one of these mystical creatures that push themselves too hard and burn out and have to take a good hard look at their overworked daily life. I’ve always struggled to work 40 hours a week without feeling so exhausted after a couple months that I give up good jobs, because I’m so exhausted all of the time. So I can only imagine the weird relief for someone who lives that go-go-go life of getting so sick you can’t do normal life stuff, but not sick enough to go to the hospital. You “get” to be lazy in a way that’s novel and amazing to you, maybe even eye-opening, as it seems to be for Monsieur Waiter here. I don’t know what it’s like to do the go-go-go thing long-term, and I don’t envy it. Well, I do, a little bit. But I’m glad that what went up did come down (in a pleasant way) for Mr. Wheez. I think he needed the rest, and he needed something to force him to do it.

[@sirepanfried8641]

This whole video I couldnt help but think how imo there is a difference between laziness and resting

[@Mau365PP]

My first covid infection sent me directly to long covid hell 💀 I have been sick for 3 years now and no treatments are available

[@abbierose2278]

I had the same problem. I had to go to an alternative doctor to get the help I needed, and it took a lot of hard work, but I was able to recover. Don't give up hope. There are people out there who know how to help you.

[@Nill2323-l8s]

🤝 Same hat. Write your reps and tell them to support the long covid moonshot, all

[@Mau365PP]

So what was the treatment?​@@abbierose2278

[@prettyprettybirdie314]

Me too. I just passed my two-year covidversary, and haven't gotten any better: can barely leave the house, in pain all the time, hurts to digest food, using a cane to walk, always exhausted. It sucks, man. I'm sorry you're going through it.

[@meganlittle1417]

I needed this. My brain makes me feel so guilty when I try to be lazy, especially as a new mom. But it's actually so important!

[@jeremylindemann5117]

I'm so glad and relieved to see videos like this where people are starting to see through the negative ways we have been living. As someone with depression and health problems it feels like a little weight is taken off whenever I see videos like this.

[@SusannahPerri]

After spending ten entire seconds to come up with a lazy comment for you, this is it.

[@mariabug3]

I take care of animals for a living and one time I was overwhelmed and said to a friend “I have to take care of the animals!” And my friend said, wisely, “Maria, you, too, are an animal.”

[@emeebee3827]

i’ve dealt with this thought process a lot in the past several years as i was really unhappy in my job and avoiding doing it whenever i could. i was worried that i had become a lazy bum and would never be productive in my career again. turns out hating your job is, like….. a valid reason to avoid it lol. i’m in a much better position now with a job that i like much more, and my rest finally feels restful again instead of stressful because it’s just a means of avoiding active unhappiness

[@MementoX1013]

Feel better soon! The COVID got me this summer and it was rough. I applaud your dissection of laziness and vow to devote some of my day to laziness.

[@kimfranklin]

I read a great poem by Mary Walker called Joy. The line that always resonated with me: 'Since when are you a factory?'' It is a great reminder that we are not machines, we are not created to do and do and do until we collapse from exhaustion. Being a creative person, there is so much pressure to have something to show for our time on our craft. The idea to be 'sensible' is constantly paraded as if art should fit the capitalist idea of living a productive life. Art is not for that. Art is the joy, the messy, the cathartic. You can't recharge your creative batteries without downtime, without real rest to let your brain relax. This video came at a good time for me, I have had 3 days off work from illness and I have had to cancel 2 vocal recording sessions for my musical project. I'm gutted as I might not get back in the studio for months. But getting stressed over it only adds salt to the wound and I want to use all my energy to get better. Well done as usual sir.

[@inuloveskago]

I’ve been trying to lose weight for almost 2 years now. I hit my plateaus a few times and when I got this new job that made me leave home for 3 months, I tried fighting a recent plateau the entire time, reaching my calorie goal of 1k of exercise a day. I’m even on a move streak of 81 days. But today I finally gave out. I embraced laziness and decided I didn’t want my watch to bug me about reaching my goal and how I smashed my exercise minutes yesterday. I just want to sleep and lay in bed and read. I don’t want to reach my goal. I want to quit my move streak. I’ve worked hard enough and I can try again later. Thank you Wheezy. This video came at the right time 😭

[@queenofhearts64]

Dogs sleep for 12-14 hours? Haha I doubt my chihuahua is awake for two hours in a day

[@bstaff88]

Sundays are my lazy day. I might get a few things done, but I have no expectations. I'm fine doing nothing. I love my Sundays!

[@snailscourge9873]

Excellent reminder.

[@sebstins]

Haven't laughed this much at a video in a while, you can tell the laziness gave Greg a weird vibe lmao

[@moomanchu608]

Had the same thing when I got Covid. I’m getting out of the laziness after a month

[@Noctuoidea228]

I haven’t enjoyed someone talking face-down about the human condition this much since Swiss Army Man

[@garrettcollins7764]

Laying in bed sick reading this and I came to the same conclusion these last 3 days. Being sick is the ultimate excuse to be lazy but we should let ourselves experience this when healthy as well.

[@LadyRainstorm4]

Just got over my first bout with Covid, and this was me. I slept 12 hour nights and then moved to the couch and slept some more. I watched TV and movies. I did nothing non-essential for four days, and I had the luxury to do that. And I don’t feel guilty because that’s what my body needed. It was kind of awesome.

[@sokken_4464]

I just went on a trip with my marching band and caught a cold. Normally I would attend all the concerts and social stuff as long as I could get out of bed, and not really care about getting exhausted. However, because my partner has been dealing with health issues for a while now, I didn't want to come home and give her a cold on top of all that. I decided to slow down and listen to my body. I only joined calm activities and went back to the hotel room when I started getting tired, rested a lot, went to bed at reasonable times and drank lots of water. Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it was just a very mild cold, but I have never gotten over a cold as quickly as I did now. I will definitely try to use the "lazy" method whenever I get sick from now on (as far as work and stuff will allow it)

[@PaulYuNow]

Just burst out laughing non stop thanks to you Craig. Fuck yeah!!! Embrace laziness.

[@KerryHallPhD]

"Consider the lilies of the goddamn field" - Jesus

[@tonyamathis6667]

I've found scheduling rest is wonderful. It gets rid of guilt bc I'm "recharging the batteries" and that's important for my well-being. Added bonus when you 'can't ' do the things on your list it makes you what to do it more (when your rest is over of course)

[@RudolphManor]

I Love This Video. 💯

[@cherylcarlson3315]

Thanks for touching on disability,was accused of laziness when got myasthenia gravis,then COVID hit and many apologized when they got better and I was like you in the video...melted candle. Hope you feel better soon, for me is 8yrs trying to find balance between productivity and exhaustion and self loathing

[@brianmanden]

Not all heroes wears capes !

[@waywardmind]

A day of pure sloth a week keeps the . . . uhh . . . whatever away. zzzzz

[@cloakedpeach]

So far you are the only comment that has understood the assignment!

[@Golgibaby]

pure wholesome and absurd. human. mahalo for the depth.

[@5764rich]

Looking at my dog right now 🫥

[@POMPOMVR1290]

This Video is just what I needed at this specific time! Thanks man 😁

[@arekcegowski8066]

Omg I had a similar experience. I got sick back to back for like a week and a half and spent that time lying in bed, playing video games, because the doctor recommended bed rest. Recently I noticed that I actually feel NOSTALGIC about that time, nostalgic about the time i was sick and like shit. That's all because in that week I cast away all the usual expectations imposed upon me and it felt so liberating. the only expectation was to lie in bed and I fucking nailed that!

[@randomjasmicisrandom]

I watched this in bed and giggled at the bed talk bit. I didn’t laugh because that requires more effort and I’m feeling lazy.

[@alexscott3401]

terrific video, captured most the thoughts i had

[@claytonhelme1735]

Love your TMBG fingertips t-shirt!!!

[@bithon5242]

I had a stomach bug last week. I also had really high fever. I literally did nothing. It was awesome. One of the best vacations I had in awhile except for puking and diarrhea and feeling like death

[@77stephani77]

The sitting reverse on the toilet got me haha. 👍🏻🤓🤣😂

[@Murray_Mud]

this is so true and real and epic. keepin it real weezy luv ya

[@lazulianwater]

Agreed. Needed this. Thank you.

[@paul_sanchez]

the laziness from the video is more contagious than COVID damn bro I have work to do

[@nutherefurlong]

Yeah, definitely a lesson I learned. If there's something big and I'm actively avoiding it with trivial things, sometimes it seems like I need to and that's fine. Sometimes I could better use the time by doing something genuinely interesting to help better myself. And sometimes it's OK to just blop and be glad I'm alive enough to benefit from that. I've learned to blop when I'm tired, take a break like it was some sort of mandated activity or something. Other challenge is knowing when it's been enough, and I think when the overriding nervousness of a deadline or an unresolved issue sort of springs me out of things too readily it's time to get back at it. I've found if I chip away at the offending thing a bit by increments it isn't as threatening and it gives me perspective on what I can do and what will take more time to do. As for Covid I think it aged me several years. Not happy about it at all.

[@Robo983]

I like your TMBG shirt. They recently put out a cover of a song called "Lazy". it's great for listening to while sprawled out prone or curled up in a hammock.

[@sagenmiau7585]

literally just got done in therapy where this came up lmao. thanks craig for bringing the point home

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

I believe the cause for laziness (for a lack of a better word) is caused by trying to think of too much you want to do. Meaning, your mind is trying to prevent you from getting stressed out by forcing you to relax, because you can't comprehend so many tasks simultaneously. You're overworking your thoughts, preventing yourself from taking any action. My solution is to focus on only doing one task at a time. So if you want to write a screenplay, just give yourself one simple task like "what's a great name for a title?" or "what's a cool lead character from a movie?" or "what sort of universe should it take place in?". The funny thing is, when you focus on one task you quickly feel inspire to do more, because you're moving forward at a pace that's intelligible and inspires your creative flow. Instead of thinking about where you want to end, think about how you want to begin.

[@mariannetfinches]

COVID sucks. Hope you feel better soon & remember to continue resting for as long as wheezily possible. Tis the season. I'm back to masking indoors. It's terrible for my skin but I've hardly been ill in 5yrs

[@dawnstinson8073]

Got COVID, too, isolating from family, too. Had long COVID in 2022/3. I am doing NOTHING right now and feeling just fine about that. Lazy = healing 😊

[@graceannapetty1350]

Bunny is so adorable! More bunny content

[@Ayesuku]

The Dr Lazelove title was 😚👌

[@bimaloxley]

Laziness or Rest? Rest is resistance

[@flutesalute]

I've been looking for work since I lost my job 8 months ago and I've been trying to really embrace doing the stuff I want to do that I never had time for when working, and just let myself rest as much as I want to without guilt. I'm lucky to be in a situation where I can be selective about applying for jobs that will hopefully allow for more of a work-life balance in the future so I don't have to let it all go when I start working again

[@CRBungalow]

This is perfect timing, I am in middle of a full blown MS relapse. I've had to call out of work the last 3 days and tomorrow already. I am good at keeping myself entertained but I have slept so much this relapse.

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

I first fell in love with Daoism when I heard about Daoist napping practice. Oh yeah. ☯️💙

[@AutisticEthics]

My favorite is the intensely held belief that 1. Laziness doesn’t exist and 3. Laziness is good and important.

[@wheezywaiter]

🤣

[@satansalley6526]

Excellent 😅

[@dontjayjayme]

I always get this too when I'm sick, it's like that's the only time I can let myself relax? Because I'm more or less physcially incapable of doing things anyway. And I, too, always think that I should carry some of that mindset with me for later, but I seem to forget about it once I'm out and about living Healthy Life TM again

[@DakotaFiles]

i didn't have time to watch the video this morning so i'll have to check back in after work, but "fell in love with laziness" has described my last month so well. some medical issues had caused chronic fatigue while i've been transitioning medication, and i had the opportunity to take a month off to deal with it. i am forcing myself to go back to my research assistant position even part time to escape the appeal and draw of doing nothing i've been stuck in for a while

[@gy4bg-iz8wq]

I'm going back to bed

[@BaileySuttonMusic]

This is art.

[@TheWorldIsPeopleing]

Ironically watching this while on my exercise bike

[@ashleystanley7941]

This was so entertaining and humorous, I watched it twice!

[@GuanoLad]

I wrote my first screenplay when I was recovering from dental surgery. It wasn't a very good screenplay, until I rewrote it later, but the free time I had was exactly the right moment for me to get all my thoughts in the right zone to get started. I made lists: characters; locations; scenes; then rearranged them in a loose order of events; then filled in the gaps between with single sentence descriptions, over and over until it felt like a 100 page script was in the offing. Then started writing, not knowing the conventions of how to write, I just wrote in a vague movie-like format and structure. I figured I'd fix it all and follow the 'rules' after that first draft was done. Which I did. Anyway, try that. Break it down into small steps and work your way up to it.

[@LifeInFrame]

Thank you for the toilet sleeping tutorial, will try later.

[@SomerimesStanley]

😂😂

[@SaraBlu]

Here I am watching you on day 12 of Covid, proud that I went from my bed to the couch today.

[@Lucyangel228]

i love this video really needed this to give myself a break sometimes

[@erp65]

I've been lazy & guilt-free since 1973.

[@Elidad]

Got me laughing so much in this one, thanks wheezy

[@Caroline-pb8xx]

your dog is an inspiration

[@Zylork0122]

Did Aaron give you Covid at FolksCon?