Any discussion about hard work should have a mention of "in praise of idleness" [0]. In addition to that, let me tell you this. The famous writer Andrea Camil

Any discussion about hard work should have a mention of "in praise of idleness" [0]. In addition to that, let me tell you this. The famous writer Andrea Camilleri [1] (author of Inspector Montalbano, an Italian TV series which became an international success [2]), in an interview years ago recalled when as a kid, spending Summers in his native Sicily would entail things like spitting on a coin and waiting for hours until a fly would get stuck in the saliva - essentially, being idle. And this idleness, in his view, had a tremendous value. Praise hard work, sure. But don't think that you can escape the big questions about life, or that hard work is the only way to achieve greatness. [0]: https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/ [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Camilleri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Camilleri [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Montalbano_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Montalbano_(TV_serie...