36. When I’m idle… - French Through Stories

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Vous ne le savez peut-être pas, mais j’ai tendance à être oisif. Parfois, je suis assis dans ma chambre ou dans le salon, et je ne sais pas quoi faire. Je mange un peu, un morceau de pain et de fromage, et puis j’arrête parce qu’il faut que j’aie de l’appétit pour le diner, plus tard. Alors, je ne fais rien. Je reste assis, ou allongé par terre, en regardant par la fenêtre. Je me dis que c’est vraiment dommage de rester à ne rien faire, et je pense aux cent choses dont je devrais m’occuper au lieu de rêvasser. Je ferais mieux d’appeler mes parents, d’écrire une lettre à ma tante, d’apprendre le portugais, de lire un livre sur la charpenterie, d’écrire un épisode pour mon podcast ou de répondre à vos emails… Il y a un proverbe français qui dit « l’oisiveté est mère de tous les vices ». C’est très préoccupant, je suis sur la mauvaise pente… Ceci dit, Robert Louis Stevenson a écrit un essai intitulé « Une apologie des oisifs ». Ça me rassure, il doit y avoir de bons côtés à être paresseux. Mais je ne sais pas lesquels, je n’ai pas encore fait l’effort de le lire…

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