Overcoming Laziness Through Writing

Looking back, one of the reasons I started writing on durumis was 'laziness'. I sought durumis to correct my own laziness and to stay a creator, happy for a longer period of time.

I was sometimes surprised and sometimes annoyed by my own tendency to become lazy, unconsciously. Am I a perfectly diligent person now that I'm consistently posting articles? Well, I think my body is 70% composed of laziness.

Interestingly, my laziness has become an unexpected blessing, increasing the frequency of my posts on durumis. I'm growing thanks to my laziness. However, I also know that I need to suppress this laziness a little bit to realize my dream. For the time being, I want to reduce my laziness to about 5%.

This is because I don't want to completely negate laziness, but rather control it and move forward in a positive direction. While accepting laziness as a part of being a normal human being, I believe that by making efforts to overcome it, I can positively influence my own creative activities. (Really!)

Some people may consider laziness worthless, but when you see someone creating something out of nothing through their efforts to overcome that laziness, you start to think that laziness isn't always a bad thing. So, we just have to make good use of it.

▶ Generally, people consider 'laziness' to be negative. They associate it with being idle and sluggish, something unproductive in society. Therefore, it is something to be avoided, and it's commonly perceived as something that one should never be. However, Duchamp viewed 'laziness' differently from conventional notions. Through self-reflection, he realized that 'laziness' was 'vastly' present within the depths of his inner self. He didn't feel ashamed of it or try to ignore it. Instead, he honestly acknowledged this fact.

~No matter how much we try to dismiss it as worthless and ignore it, the fact remains that laziness, one of the fundamental human characteristics, exists within us.

-Jo Won-jae, Life Shines as Art