World Laziness Day is celebrated on August 10. It is said to have been celebrated for more than 100 years, but no one knows exactly since when. The first enthusiasts must have been too lazy to record the first year.
The motto of the celebrants today is “Let us indulge in careless idleness and let our mind and body be lazy all day long. Let’s do nothing that day.” According to the celebrants, this will give a new boost to the spirit. “Remember that a new, even better way of doing nothing can always be discovered,” was written under the date of August 10 by the efforts made to perpetuate their laziness.
The Church considers laziness a mortal sin. In past centuries, it was considered a privilege of the rich, notes BGNES.
August 10 is also designated as a day of reckoning about how lazy we have been in the past year.
Laziness is considered a driving force of progress because of inventions such as the remote control, the escalator, the washing machine, the sink or the elevator.
