Praise for Laziness

I have my reasons for doing little work. I noticed that when I worked hardest, it was for the pleasant illusion of productivity, not working the best way or even on the best thing. Now I test and wait. Take the smallest possible step for a project, no huge perfect plans, then I do anything else while waiting for enough of a result. It's theory vs. experiment; since I used to be all theory, now I try to start with experiment. Of course, if the experiment's too small, I can't expect much of a result. In that case, if I can spot a likely reason for failure, then I try a slightly larger or different experiment. When finally sure that I have a worthy problem and the simplest, not the most complete, solution, then I let myself enjoy the stupidity of having to think only of how to execute it.