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I want a rocking chair (thoughts on laziness being antiwork)

I have time to kill at the airport, and they have rocking chairs available where you can sit, chill, and just watch the world go by. And as I sit in this rocker and watch the world go by, with no agenda except to wait and be comfortable in waiting, I’m struck by the realization that antiwork by extension is also pro-lazyness, pro-idleness, anti-productivity. We deserve time for nothing. To have nowhere to go, to not have to DO anything. Capitalism and capitalists need to squeeze every ounce of productivity out of our lives deprived us of our need for inaction, for reflection, for recovery, for creativity. Idk, I’ve also had a really nice beer while waiting for my flight. Maybe I’m just buzzed. But I’m definitely getting a rocking chair for my home, and soon.


I have time to kill at the airport, and they have rocking chairs available where you can sit, chill, and just watch the world go by.

And as I sit in this rocker and watch the world go by, with no agenda except to wait and be comfortable in waiting, I’m struck by the realization that antiwork by extension is also pro-lazyness, pro-idleness, anti-productivity.

We deserve time for nothing. To have nowhere to go, to not have to DO anything.

Capitalism and capitalists need to squeeze every ounce of productivity out of our lives deprived us of our need for inaction, for reflection, for recovery, for creativity.

Idk, I’ve also had a really nice beer while waiting for my flight. Maybe I’m just buzzed.

But I’m definitely getting a rocking chair for my home, and soon.

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