International Day of Laziness

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

In our modern difficult time, a person must work, work and work in order to live well. Nevertheless, the modern world finds time for rest, for a holiday. And there are "more than enough" holidays, every day is a holiday. In the calendar, they are not only for every week, for every day there are sometimes not even two or three. One of the unusual days that has been talked about in recent years has become the International Day of Laziness. A very unusual and new holiday.

Colombian Sloth Day

It is believed that the day of laziness originated in Colombia. It was first celebrated in 1985. One day, the Colombians suddenly realized that they really lacked rest, and took to the streets to announce to the whole world that in addition to the right to freedom, the right to information, the right to choose, a person urgently needs the right to laziness. It sounds unbelievable, but the fact remains. Since that time, the day of laziness began to penetrate into other parts of the planet. And there is nothing surprising in this. Who will be against celebrating Laziness Day?

Celebration dates

It is interesting that the idea of celebrating the day of laziness was picked up by many states, though the datesCelebrations are not the same everywhere. So, in Colombia, the holiday is celebrated on August 20, the same date was adopted by other countries, including the Russian Federation. In the United States of America, this unusual day is also celebrated. In the US, Sloth Day is August 10th. The dates of the celebration are different, but the essence is the same - this is a time that reminds people that it's time to be lazy.

How is the celebration of this unusual day?

The main feature of the celebration of Sloth Day is that on this day it is not celebrated in any way, that is, it is customary to do nothing. This day was invented so that people remember about themselves, about their he alth. When you need to think about the negative impact of stress and depression on the body. If you are woken up in the morning by an alarm, turn it off and continue sleeping on. Then get up, drink coffee, lie down and don't think about anything! Of course, ideally, only those who do not work, or those who have a day off that day, can afford this. Unfortunately, not everyone can be lazy on Laziness Day, but everyone should think about their he alth.

It should be noted that the Colombians distinguished themselves in the celebration of this day. On the Day of Laziness, they arrange various competitive events on the streets, and those who did not wish to take part in them go out into the streets with their chairs, chairs, mattresses, food and enjoy doing nothing. Isn't it an original holiday?

Is laziness good or bad?

It is impossible to say unequivocally whether laziness is good or bad. Fighters for labor, of course, canobject and say convincingly: there is nothing worse than this quality. Man must work and work. Laziness is the vice from which all other vices come.

Nevertheless, everyone knows the idea that all breakthroughs in technology and science have occurred precisely because of this quality of people. One day, a person became too lazy to wash by hand, climb the stairs to the 12th floor, sweep the house and clean the carpets, get up and turn on the button on the TV, go to tea with a neighbor. And thanks to this, such inventions as a washing machine, an elevator, a vacuum cleaner, a remote control, a telephone appeared. So you need to think about whether laziness helped the appearance of all these devices.

Many great minds thought about laziness, but they all came to the same conclusion: you need to work hard, but don't forget to be lazy in moderation. You can think about any quality inherent in a person, and everywhere you can find arguments both "for" and "against". The main thing is to be able to find the golden mean.

How to congratulate on an unusual holiday?

Examples of congratulations on the Day of laziness.

"My dear and beloved friend! I sincerely hope that you are reading my congratulations, comfortably sitting on the sofa, or not, better in a rocking chair, or even better in a hammock, I'm sure you enjoy the birds singing, watching a pair of swans swimming in a pond, drinking your favorite cocktail, and a kitten purring affectionately at your fingertips. If not, then this is exactly what I wish you! But be sure to remember if you lie on your spring sofa every day, thenYou won't get a hammock! Happy day my dear!".

"Even I. A. Goncharov in his work "Oblomov" presented this wonderful state of a person - laziness. How kind and sincere the landowner Ilya Oblomov was. He did nothing wrong to anyone, lay on his sofa, the servant did everything for him. But he did not just lie, but made plans, because the main goal of his life was to improve his village - Oblomovka. And it does not matter that in the village the serfs were dying of hunger, Ilya Oblomov directed all the forces of his mind only to Oblomovka. So that you, my dear, lie down and do nothing, but dream! Dream about your Oblomovka! I congratulate you on this wonderful day, the Day of laziness!

"My dear lazy! I congratulate you on such a wonderful day, Laziness Day. Be happy and he althy! Forget about work, study and all the things that distract you from the most important thing - doing nothing. Let nothing disturb you in this day! Love yourself and do nothing!".

A bit of poetry

Poems for the Day of laziness have not yet been written, but there are quite a lot of them about this human quality. The most famous poem belongs to N. Zabolotsky, it is called "Do not let the soul be lazy." Here are some of his lines that represent the beginning of the poem:

Don't let your soul be lazy!

So that you don't grind water in a mortar, The soul must workDay and night, and day and night!.

The poet calls to work, calls work a duty. So be lazyYou can only on the Day of laziness. That's probably what it was made for. Every day we must work, and on Laziness Day we must rest. After all, there is no week of laziness, a month or a year, there is only one day when you can afford to be lazy, and you already choose August 10 or 20.