Good Lazy vs Bad Lazy

Today’s picture is from a Japanese Garden I visited. It was beautiful, relaxing, and I was quite lazy. I was lazy in a good way. I wondered, is there a bad lazy? I think so.

For instance, I try to regularly evaluate the patterns in my life. I ask myself - how is this working for me? If it’s working well for me, then cheers and I keep doing it. If not, then it’s quite exciting because I get an opportunity to improve my lot in life. I always like the results of breaking a pattern, but I don’t always like the work. There is this unfortunate cost in acting to make the change, and sometimes the cost is rather daunting. This doesn’t sound like a game winner, so I decided to change the rules.

I was looking at how hard it would be to make the change. I decided I’d shift my focus to the end, and look at all I’d miss out on if I did NOT make the change. Once I had the end in mind, starting seemed easier.

I face the decision moment of life with two choices:
Choice A) persist in the current pattern – which I already identified is worse
Choice B) change the pattern – to something which I already identified is better

If I’m just picking things that make my life better – that seems pretty lazy to me. Lazy in a good way.

How about you? How have you been good lazy?