Inelegantly put, perhaps, but it’s a fair point. Indeed, according to a 2011 study, when our attention is at rest (aka during bouts of idleness or laziness), the places our mind wanders to include the future (48% of the time), the present (28%) and the past (12%).

This matters because, in the process, we can “literally become more creative and better at problem-solving”, reports CNBC. And, better still, when our brains are at rest, “we’re actually conserving our mental and physical energy so we can expend them on the right things”.

Being permanently switched on doesn’t give us the time we need to recharge. And, by following the advice of Stylist’s Lauren Geall and reframing laziness as ‘rest’, we are granting our minds the time and space to tell us what they need, rather than what they crave.

“The vital lesson I learned after one seriously lazy weekend”