Things that don’t seem lazy at first sight, but kinda are.
Because I’m lazy, I park in the north 40 in most parking lots. I only like parking “faced out” but I don’t like the “work” of backing into or out of parking spots, so I park in the far reaches so that I can just pull through and be facing out.
Because I’m lazy, I walk to the train station. To be able to drive and still get a parking spot, I’d have to get up a good half an hour to 45 minutes earlier than if I just walk 15 minutes.
I agree about parking lots. Parking close to the mall doors means waiting for someone to leave, dealing with the traffic and pedestrian congestion, cramming your car into a stall, clambering out, etc. Much easier to park at the empty end of the lot and walk 30 extra paces.
Setting up templates, macros, and other time-saving things when I’m working. Also keeping my files organized. I hate wasting the time trying to find stuff.
I swear, if someone told me I would be allowed to sleep in an extra hour in the morning, but that I would have to walk or work out more during the day? I’d totally do it, I love sleep.
I only have one spoon, one fork, and one microwave-safe bowl. I boil food, eat it out of the bowl, wash the bowl and the spoon or fork, and that’s that. The dishes never pile up in my sink…because I don’t use “dishes.”
Y’heard of “haute cuisine?” I practice “naught cuisine!”
I memorize phone numbers because I’m way too lazy to look them up. I started this when everyone only had a work and home number. These days, it’s a blessing to be able to memorize fax and cell phone numbers.
I’m also a walking dictionary because I hate looking words up in one. Same principle.
I contain pee in my bladder for too long because the bathroom sometimes seems like so far away. I’m developing varices and probably diabetes because of my lazy habits.
Because I’m lazy I get very hungry instead picking up the phone to order a pizza, let alone going to the kitchen and fix me some instant soup. Because I’m lazy I’ll soon be getting various diseases and my life span will be dramatically reduced. Because I’m lazy I go out wearing my slippers and pajamas, and I care less and less of how negatively I’m perceived by people. I could go on and on… if there’s anything positive about this disposition of body-spirit is that it has led me to sit back and contemplate everything that’s worth in life, and tame my wild side.
Is that a Scandinavian cultural thing? I’ve known some people who butter their sandwich bread, even if the sandwich has mayo (or is a PB and honey), but I’ve never understood why and was too shy to ask.
I loathe looking things up while I’m in the middle of something, so I have post-its with quick references EVERYWHERE. Molecular weights, recipes for solutions, anything that I use on a regular basis is on a post-it somewhere near my desk or bench. People make fun of this on a regular basis, but I’m way too lazy to look it up in a notebook/ online every time I do something.
