Reaffirming my Sense of Slack

In writing yesterday's posts (Trick numbers One and Two), a little voice in the back of my head kept saying, "You know, some people are going to read that and wonder why you're trying so hard to slack. They'll assuredly send you some comments telling you how much easier it would be to just work!"

I hear that a lot from family, actually: "Wouldn't it be much easier to just work?"

My answer? "Nope."

For starters, it's easier on my mental health and blood pressure to slack off, knowing that I'm getting paid for slacking off, and knowing that I'm essentially ripping off my employers by doing so. Revenge isn't a dish best served cold. It's a dish that's naturally sweet and tasty, if you do it right.

Oh, I could go on and on, but I'm actually thinking about picking up writing again. You know that novel I started about a year ago? Well, you don't, but I did, and it exists.

I'll be rewriting that thing at work, I think. Thank you, Google Docs and Spreadsheets!

(Note to self: Create future blog post with a list of awesome "slack at work" tools!)

Anyway, the whole point of this post is to show you one thing. I kind of got off-track there for a minute.

I ran across an article just now, called "22 ways to kick that afternoon office rut", and read it over, smiling to myself.

See, I used to read these things religiously, in the vain hope that it would help me get through just One More Work Day. It was pretty sad, actually.

Now, I have one solution, instead of twenty-two. Just Quit...in your mind.

Problem solved! Thanks, Brad.