When I first saw the title of this book, "Laziness does not exist", I thought maybe it had been written by a former NFL player with a go, go, go philosophy. I was pleasantly surprised to learn it isn't a celebration of working/playing until you fall down, but a reframing of the necessity and benefits of not thinking of our lives and the hours in our day in terms of productivity.
Where does Dumptruck the chinchilla come in? The author's pet inspired him. Hear more in the NPR news story embedded below.
"I think animals help us remember that we shouldn't have to earn our right to exist. We're fine and beautiful and completely lovable when we're just sitting on the couch just breathing. And if we can feel that way about animals that we love and about, you know, relatives that we love, people in our lives who we never judged by their productive capacity, then we can start thinking of ourselves that way, too."
For you MLA members, a Be Well MLA event next week will be discussing this title (Wednesday, 12/14 at 1 pm CST).
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