Is it nap time?

I suppose I should be writing something today but I can't seem to get started. Ever have one of those days? You know you need to get some things done but you just can't get motivated enough.

Now that I think about it, I have a lot of those days. Always have had them. I am basically a lazy person. I believe I always have been. I am not ashamed to admit this. We Americans like to say we are an industrious lot; we work more days, take fewer vacations, work more hours and so on. That may be so but I am fairly certain I kept the average lower than it could have been.

I worked as little overtime as possible. I took all the vacation time I earned each year. You could say I was more grasshopper than ant. Which might be true but I always liked to think of myself as more efficient than most. I liked the motto "Work smarter, not harder."

I learned to do this while serving in the Navy. Well, I might have always done this. During junior and senior high school, I learned how to just do enough to pass each year. You might say I gamed the system. I polished this skill in the Navy where I always managed to look like I got more done than expected. I liked to think I gave them a solid 75% of my effort on average. 100% at times, barely 50% at others and often less. My only rule was (and is) that no one would have to take up my slack.

I may be lazy but I am not without honor.