Bludging

It is so much more enjoyable doing nothing when we know that there are things to be done, to sleep in, to watch TV when nothing is on, to sit and slowly eat breakfast at one pm is so much more enjoyable when we are chucking a sickie than it is when we have no job to go to, even if that is by choice too. We sit at the computer and play solitaire at work, when we would not bother with such boring activities during our spare time, even though we could be doing something more traditionally fun with ourselves whilst still bludging at work, but playing solitaire is fun while there is some filing to be done. When we play solitaire and wait for the phone to ring, it isn’t so fun, it’s more just something to fill time. It’s the alternative that makes it attractive, along with the knowledge that we are not supposed to be doing it, its that little bit rebellious, that spikes us up and this knowledge that after some time bludging with nothing to do, will motivate us, to go and find something that we should be doing so that we can not do it, and actually enjoy not doing it the way we should.