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Sep. 13th, 2011

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I used to have a little quote pinned to my cork board at work that said something to the effect that constant activity is the Western idea of laziness. It is impossible for some of us to do nothing. In the interest of not perpetuating a stereotype, I’m making clear that this isn’t true for all Westerners – but for some of us it can be very true.

I literally cannot ‘just’ watch television. I can barely stand to watch movies in the theater, and then only because I consume far too many calories in the process of giving my hands something to do. I can read for hours on end, but only if I completely still my environment – the opposite of how I cope with ‘doing nothing’ in many other situations.

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