Laziness : Is It The American Way?

Novelist, Christopher Morley, in his essay, On Laziness,” argues that laziness is not always negative. Morley’s purpose is to argue that people who are lazy are becoming very successful in life in order to help people understand that laziness can be positive. He adopts a satirical tone in orders to send strong messages to the readers in a humorous way. Morley supports his implication by first mocking lazy people then he describes attractiveness of lazy people, finally he uses ethos in his essay to present his argument in a more authentic way.

Although Bradbury does not specifically discuss the physical risks of inactivity, the nation’s climbing obesity rate is clear evidence of the fact that Americans are moving less and instead turning to sedentary pastimes to unwind. From Bradbury’s perspective in time, the dangers of television were the greatest risk posed to enjoying hands-on, real world activities. Today, there are even more varied sedentary distractions, spanning from the Internet, to mobile phones, to video games.

Thinking about it now makes me realize my mistakes. I neglected the fact that laziness is an addiction and in order to keep being lazy, I became dishonest so i can avoid the consequences. This reminded me of the story neapolitan

It is one of the most underrated troubles. For it causes many issues in the world, though the blame always seems to fall upon some other reason of cause. Laziness causes people to not want to fulfill their wildest dreams to refusing to do necessary duties. On the island of the lotus eaters, Odysseus faces laziness at its most extreme. The lotus flowers cause people to magically lose their longing for home. Sailors don’t have much control over their laziness, for it was forced upon them by way of magic lotus flowers from the natives. My troubles with laziness come from giving up because something is “too hard”, when really I just am being lazy. It causes me to not work as hard as I should to achieve my goal of having a happy and healthy lifestyle. Laziness in Odysseus’ story and mine are similar because we both lose the lust for our goal. Luckily we can both overcome laziness with hard work and determination, even if Pandora releases it from the box

On Christopher Morley’s “On Laziness”, he presents the topic of laziness, persuading his audience about the audience through rhetorical effect and appeal to human nature. Slothfulness, which is typically regarded as a weakness or sin, is transformed into a means to “enlightened” using rhetorical effect. As an essayist on laziness, Morley presents his subject to the audience in the informative and friendly tone, using a sophisticated dictation to provide style.​

It is something that we witness day to day. Whether it's a kid who sits on the couch watching cartoons and eating chocolate or a someone who turns work in half completed, laziness is laziness. But illness is not laziness. There comes a point when your body is fatigued, where your muscle becomes weak and your stamina runs out. For most people, this happens during a work out. For chronically ill (My example in the link is someone with chronic fatigue syndrome, but a variety of chronic conditions or illnesses can cause major fatigue and cause your life to seemingly fall apart.) people, this can happen by doing one or two simple tasks. (Link 9) For example, I can get up out of bed, do my basic morning routine; Use the restroom, wash my hands, brush my teeth, maybe wash my face (if it's a good day.). This takes about 20-30% of my energy reserves for the day. Most people would see this as laziness, but it isn't. Extreme fatigue, especially from a mystery or chronic illness, can cause stress, which causes more fatigue, it's a deadly

     Procrastination is something that you don’t naturally have an innate ability to do. It is often brought on by finding ways

First off, inactivity has no purpose because it leads to not making the right decisions. Most people that have gone their hole life by doing the bare minimum don't get very far. For example, students that don't show up at school are inactive will fail because of their absences. And students that are in school and don't focus or pay attention

Thesis: Procrastination is the main result of disorganization whether it’s at home, work or school.

Being idle all the time is usually not a good idea. That’s why Thomas Jefferson said, “determine never to be idle…It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.” If you’re on the move a lot, then things can get accomplished. Sometimes If you accomplish a lot in one day, it calls for rest the next. Another reason is getting a lot done will lead to a better life.

People, when given the chance, often choose to do anything but the things they actually need to be doing. Some people would rather clean their apartment than research and write an article. Surowiecki says, “We often procrastinate not by doing fun tasks but by doing jobs whose only allure is that they aren’t what we should be doing.” The problem with trying not to procrastinate

Need(the Problem): According to an article from Psychology Today, “20 percent of people chronically avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions” (2) and According to recent research “Procrastination has more than quadrupled in the last 30

Attention Getter: So I’m pretty sure everyone here has had an important assignment to complete before like a project or essay. And most of us usually plan it out where we do a portion of it every day. For example, something like this chart here. But then the next thing you know, the deadline is fast approaching and you still haven’t come close to completing your assignment. And we end up somewhere like this. Well, I believe that we can all relate to this and we have all done this to ourselves before. I’m talking about procrastination.

The problem of laziness stems not just from a daily physical laziness but also from a spiritual lack. In medieval times little was known about the world and technology was just developed enough to allow survival. They had to work hard just to survive and the only thing that sustained them was their faith in higher powers.

In my study, laziness is the most common reason student procrastinate. Timothy A Pychyl, a professor who specializes in the study of procrastination says “procrastinators often remark that they lack the motivation necessary to act. They have an intention to act, but they fail to act in a timely fashion even though they recognize