Hi, I`m dave, and I suffer from a serious condition known as “Congenital Laziness” (CL). It’s a little known, but debilitating disease that can afflict anyone of any sex or nationality. Notable symptoms include a profound lack of ambition, strong preferences for comfort and ease, and being over doing. One of the most pronounced symptoms is an inability to understand and relate to people who are highly ambitious, overly productive, or refer to themselves as “alphas”. This severely impacts our ability to socialize since so many people are apparently wired with ambition and a love of the working life.

CL is exacerbated by certain triggers such as the following: doing things, watching people doing things, reading or hearing words or phrases such as ambition, drive, work-ethic, rise and grind, hustle culture, optimization, 10xing anything. Such words and phrases can induce feelings of extreme nausea and anxiety. Although rest and relaxation help to manage the symptoms, there are as yet no known cures. If you or someone you love suffers from CL, then you already understand how difficult it can be for the afflicted to live in a society that values ambition, productivity and “the grind” above all other traits.

Despite decades of misunderstanding, unsolicited advice, and being told my condition is a “choice”, I refuse to be a victim. I have survived over 40 years in the workforce while bravely underperforming expectations. I created this site in an effort to bring attention to those of us who—despite being marginalised and looked down on—soldier on day after day, year after year, until we finally get to rest in peace. I will no longer be ashamed of my CL. I will no longer sit quietly by while others around me speak proudly of their ambition and workaholism. I’m standing up for myself and all of my CL brother and sisters!

I also created this site because I’m poor as hell—due to my CL. Unfortunately, one of the grim effects of a lifetime of CL is poverty. It’s almost unavoidable, barring a lottery win or a fortunate inheritance—both of which have eluded me so far.