Fluff ~ People are getting lazy if...

Walking is a much gentler exercise than mowing the lawn. My mom has rheumatoid arthritis— gentle exercise is important and she tries to walk everyday. She feels better if she does. Mowing the lawn is just too much for her —pushing something o even riding on the lawnmower causes additional pain that a walk on even smooth sidewalks doesn’t. She pays to have the lawn mowed

This is really just a fluff question I've been thinking about due to this thread ...
But, what is "lazy"? Why does the word get a bad reputation? Some of the examples I see here are priority choices, some choices are due to physical limitations, etc. Also, if you are a procrastinator, are you lazy? If I rather watch Netflix instead of cleaning the kitchen, is that being lazy? If I don't put my cart in the corral, is that lazy or inconsiderate?

It really is interesting because in quite a few other developed countries, people get all kinds of paid time off work that most Americans don’t ever get to enjoy. Look at the countries that have a year or maybe even more of paid maternity leave, or where workers get 4-6 full weeks of annual vacation on top of whatever sick time they’re allotted. Or places where everything shuts down in the afternoon for lunch, siesta, etc.

So are Americans really being “lazy” on our off time when on average we put in more work hours annually than so many other countries? The US ranks 7th in the world for the most hours worked, behind Mexico, South Korea, Greece, Chile, Russia and Turkey. I guess when viewed under that lens, people should get a pass if they really don’t want to spend what little free time they have driving to Starbucks and waiting in line (even in a drive through) to get their fancy coffee fix. It may be that one little thing is their splurge after a grueling work week. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

I posted a thread a while back about how you spend your time. I put forth a bunch of questions that were swirling about my head and one of them had to do with judging others on how they spend their time. Overwhelmingly, people said they didn't. But there were many who shared that they were themselves judged by others. I thought that was interesting and not exactly in keeping with my idea that people, do in fact, have opinions on how they spend their time and how others do too. I admitted in yet another thread back about a year ago, that I had been asked to do a scrapbook project for someone and I declined because I only scrap for me. I did offer to the person that they could come to my house and I would teach them what they needed to know to get going on the project for themselves. They declined due to not having enough time. I was quite irritated because this particular person is always posting about what she's binge-watching on TV. I admit when someone makes a comment like that to me and I know they are spending significant amounts of time in front of the TV, I do think, put down the remote and start a hobby. (Me, judging her)  I also felt like this person was judging that my free time was much less valuable than hers and hence, I would do a project for her that she could be doing herself.

So, I think, if we are honest with ourselves, we do judge by our own standards of what we deem acceptable for ourselves. What I liked about this thread here was that some people posted why the term lazy might be a misnomer for someone else based on their different life experiences. Sometimes we only see things through our own eyes and when we have another perspective pointed out to us, we can then broaden our horizons.

But to say we don't judge? Yes, I think it's knee jerk. I think that some of us need it pointed out and some of us can stop on our own and pause to reflect. I think that's the key. It would be nice if some followed up on their posts on this thread after reading some responses.