Do you enjoy lazy days?

[Ellabella989]

I’m secretly incredibly lazy and could easily spend a week just lying horizontally and watching TV and reading books. I only ever get to do this once in a blue moon as my partner, friends and family are all the sort of people who love to be constantly on the go and fill their spare time with outings and hobbies etc (which I usually get roped into).
I’m just curious if there are more people like me who love to do nothing in their spare time. I feel like some people might not admit to it as they don’t won’t to sound boring.
I’m not depressed and have a fulfilling job etc but I always look forward to the occasional day where I get to do sweet sod all on my own (and wish it could happen far more regularly)

I crave a lazy day.....to read, snooze watch food network. It's getting stormy here so stuck in with 12 mo and the only 4 yo that doesn't really watch tv ( not for the lack of me trying)
And dh just rang from work to say that's nice ye are having a lazy day...

I’m exactly the same as you OP would happily spend the rest of my life laying on the sofa with a pile of books and DVD’s with no regards to my responsibilities never understand people who are on the go every single day and never relax, or get fully dressed if they aren’t going out, pjs are a must for lazy days! I’ve even trained my dds to love lazy days apart from work and school going out is a ‘luxury’

They are essential for wellbeing in this household. They aren’t rare either, so much of working life is spent rushing about, fuck that shit in my spare time! Busy-busy is not the life for everyone. It’s lovely to go out, achieve things, see things, but I equally find importance in just being still, quiet, thoughtful, at peace, pottering. Thankfully, so does my family.

I had a type of vertigo for six weeks the only thing I could do was lie still and read a book. That did get a bit boring. I like school holidays, no shouting in the morning, just get up and find something nice to do together. I am a book worm which does help I think.

I do until about 5pm then I get upset that I've wasted a day!

But I do enjoy "lazy days" that dont involve doing nothing - just means a day that I dont have to be anywhere for a certain time, can do the things I enjoy (or even just errands) at my leisure.

My Saturday routine is... have a lie in til 9am, cuppa on the sofa, get ready for Zumba, after Zumba come home and clean the kitchen and bathroom, then take the dog for a good 1-1.5 hour walk, (sometimes I fit in a food shop or often I'll do this on Sunday).. then come home, make some lunch, sit on the sofa & watch some TV, have a bath & wash my hair, blow dry my hair and maybe paint my nails, make some dinner and chill on the sofa with DH + DDog and watch a series or a movie.... BLISS

Simple things.

That for me would constitute a 'lazy day'... not necessarily that lazy, but no one making demands of me, just getting on with my chores in my own time (and if there's something I don't get done - there is always Sunday so no drama)

Maybe I’d enjoy one if I thought everything was being done for me, kitchen was being tidied or washing done. I can’t enjoy a lazy day if the thought of housework is on my mind.

Yes I do

Not often. I like to keep my mind as active as possible otherwise I get very down. Even when we go holiday we don’t really relax .

I don’t like them. Your lottery fantasy of staying in your hotel room sounds awful to me! I really struggle if I HAVE to be off work ill - I hate being in the house all day. I feel guilty, even though I know logically I’d be no use vomiting in the office etc. Being lazy and cooped up is bad for my mental health. A day off where I go for a family walk, achieve things like cleaning batch cooking swimming etc is better for me.

My husband is the total opposite, and loves sitting on the sofa all day, and it helps him recharge his mental health. We’re all different!

Yes. Except on holiday. I become a demon on a mission to see everything and try everything. But back home, where nothing is new, I can happily stare at the birds for hours, read in the bath and binge watch box sets of crime dramas and comedies.

I can really enjoy a couple of days doing nothing but then I start feeling like I'm in a care home!

Yes love - but a lazy day for me is walking the dog, going for breakfast, going to the gym and baking something. So not technically sitting and doing nothing but pottering around on my own!

*and I find myself starting to get a bit down/anxious until i can go out for a walk/trip out.

I like it in theory but if I do it, it makes me feel very low. I need to get out every day for my mental health.

Oh yes I love them I always find it odd when people say they are bored unless they are rushing around