I'm spending my last few months in my 30's doing what I like and do best: slacking. To most people slacking is synonymous with doing nothing, lacking ambition or being of non-value. To me and my proud slacker friends it means doing what you are passionate about with a focus and an intensity that few have.
To think of it, some of the best inventions have come from so called lazy men that have tried to find smarter and more efficient ways of doing things.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men
trying to find easier ways to do something." Robert Heinlein
A slacker is a brutally efficient person that cuts all the semi-important stuff to give all energy to the real important stuff. Slackers are frugal with their time, money and energy. Nothing should be wasted.
A slacker is someone that has a natural inner drive that doesn't turn on at nine and off at five. It's constantly working, looking for opportunities to do things smarter and more effiencet.
Brendon Connelly as written a brilliant Slacker @ Work manifesto. He's spot on.
You never have to ask a slacker to do something important cause if it really is - to him / her - there is a high probability it's already done.
My latest slacker project is to ripp our favorite movies (100+) so they can be accessed online, via home network, played on the iPod, home flat-screen and in any hotel room or any TV for that matter. I'm spending 2 minutes per movie, i.e. 200 minutes (3.3 hrs) in total. Not bad for 200 hrs of entertainment. That's a 6000% ROI!
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