Objecten hebben voor mij een persoonlijkheid, dus als de huisgenoot weer eens voor zijn werk in het buitenland zit zet ik mijn racefiets in de woonkamer en hebben we het samen gezellig.
nescia/anna: Hoera, ik ben een autist! (2019-09-17)
Eenpersoonsfiets.
Inbox Whatever.
As a result of following the advice in this book, your bedroom might get messier, your in-box might start to develop a backlog, and people might stop praising you so much for your work ethic. You’ll know that you’ve really made progress in unlearning the Laziness Lie when each of these changes feels comfortable and natural rather than threatening.
Nothing is better than something.
The Laziness Lie is rooted in capitalism and a particularly harsh breed of Christianity, and it preaches that salvation comes from hard work. That belief system carries over into how we talk about productivity, effort, and achievement. It teaches us to view idle time as a waste and to try to constantly keep ourselves occupied. It leads us to assume that there is more virtue in doing something than there is in doing nothing, no matter what that “something” is.
Helpaddiction.
It never occurred to me to draw those types of boundaries. At the time, I was too addicted to being “useful” to other people.
Newnews.
Watching the news shifted from something you did for maybe an hour per day after dinner to something you could do constantly, even as a primary source of entertainment.