One thing most people wouldn't call me is lazy, but...really, I have become quite lazy in the last few years.

Not lazy in the form of laying on the couch, watching TV, but...lazy in the form of opting not to answer the phone at home, letting the dust bunnies collect in the corners, refusing to argue, rarely shopping, turning down party invitations, and letting my kids figure things out (work things out) for themselves.

I had a revelation a year or so ago when I'd reached the boiling point and just couldn't keep up with my ridiculously high standards (for myself, my home and everyone and everything in my life). I was sick of running around all frazzled inside and out ... trying to check things off my gigantic to-do list.

No matter how much I got done, it was never enough. So I quit. I just stopped. I gave up. I surrendered. I decided I was going to let it all go. I traded in my "type A" personality for a "type B" personality. I decided I would be a little more selfish. I would only do the things I really cared about. Spend time with people I wanted to spend time with. Do as little of the things I don't like to do as humanly possible.

I turned the laundry and the cooking over to my husband and we agreed those were his jobs and I would never nag about how they were done... or how long it took him to do them. I handle most of the kids stuff, the household stuff and finances, all the cleaning, etc., all things I don't mind doing as much as I hated cooking and doing laundry. I still do it occasionally...more now that he's busy nights and weekends finishing the bedroom addition. We compromise. It works for us.

I can't even tell you how much happier and calmer I am -- inside and out -- since I gave up fighting (to buy things, to get people to do things, to change my body shape, to keep the house clean, to push my agenda, etc.).

So, I found myself both laughing and nodding my head in agreement when I read this post about The Lazy Manifesto.

Print it out. Take it home. Read it slowly. Let it sink it. Believe it. Pledge to do less and free yourself. Go with the flow and you'll find inner peace. Stop fighting and start accepting.