Laziness Does Not Exist

by Devon Price

I resented every person I said yes to, even as I couldn’t stop overcommitting to them.

on a day-to-day basis she’s irritable and short-tempered, and often remarks on the joylessness of her life.

The laziness we’ve all been taught to fear does not exist. There is no morally corrupt, slothful force inside us, driving us to be unproductive for no reason. It’s not evil to have limitations and to need breaks. Feeling tired or unmotivated is not a threat to our self-worth. In fact, the feelings we write off as “laziness” are some of humanity’s most important instincts, a core part of how we stay alive and thrive in the long term.

An unemployed person with depression who barely has the energy to get out of bed, let alone to apply for a job? They’re lazy too.

Many chronically unemployed adults have at least one mental illness, and the longer they remain unemployed, the worse their symptoms will generally get and the harder it becomes for employers to consider them as a prospect.