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\u201cBe lazy.\u201d<\/p>Shigeru Mizuki<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n
Translated for this article from \u201c\u6020\u3051\u8005\u306b\u306a\u308a\u306a\u3055\u3044,\u201d one of Shigeru Mizuki\u2019s seven principles of happiness. This is not an official English translation.<\/p>\n
You planned to take it easy. Then the laundry became cleaning, cleaning became shopping, and sitting down brought a new question: \u201cHave I forgotten something?\u201d<\/p>\n
Even on a day off, there seems to be a very diligent manager inside your head.<\/p>\n
Here is my own everyday reflection on Mizuki\u2019s words.<\/p>\n
Rest does not need a performance review<\/h2>\n
A fulfilling day off can quietly turn into a list of assignments: finish a book, exercise, tidy the room, prepare for next week.<\/p>\n
None of these is wrong. But not completing them does not make your day a failure.<\/p>\n
An unproductive hour does not automatically deserve the name \u201cwasted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stop supervising your quiet moments<\/h2>\n
Drink tea. Watch the view from a window. Listen to music without planning what comes next.<\/p>\n
You do not have to justify every pause as preparation for working harder later.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel tired\u201d or \u201cI want some quiet\u201d can be enough reason to remove one thing from your schedule.<\/p>\n
Choose one thing not to do<\/h2>\n
Responsibilities do not disappear. Still, something can often wait.<\/p>\n
Choose one nonurgent task to postpone\u2014and resist immediately filling the space with another.<\/p>\n
That is how I would like to carry these words into today.<\/p>\n
Offer your hardworking self a chair.<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on. Sit down for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n
You do not have to earn every moment of your day off.<\/p>\n
Quotation source: J-CAST News: Shigeru Mizuki\u2019s seven principles of happiness (Japanese)<\/a>.<\/p>\n
How are you feeling today?<\/h2>\n
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