Out there, if they had one good rule, it would be the separation of children from their families after the age of 18. A time when society, family, and yourself are ready for independence, and everything is in place to start your own life, with your own concerns and lifestyle. Your own income, your own entertainment, on your own terms.

But here, that’s not the case. Until an undefined age, neither society nor family, nor even you yourself, fully accept your independence. Not only is there no facilitation for becoming independent, but there are countless obstacles. Renting or even buying a home as a single person is truly like passing through the seven labors of Rostam.

As a result, various issues arise. A person close to 30, who by the world’s standards should have been independent ten years ago, still lives with their family under the family’s restrictions. Their concerns matter to no one, and neither do their motivations. They see no need for independent income, and no form of recreation, permitted or forbidden, exists for them. Naturally, this path leads to a state of lethargy.

Lethargy, or Oblomovism (French: Oblomovisme), refers to sloth, stagnation, fatigue, pathological tiredness, numbness, indifference to life, avoidance of love and feelings, and retreating into sleep. The term is derived from the character Oblomov in the novel of the same name by Russian author Ivan Goncharov.

In other words, under these conditions, it’s natural to have no energy for anything.

But to overcome lethargy, as with all seemingly impossible tasks, creativity is required. You have to start somewhere. You can begin with doing a hundred small things instead of going to university or driving for a living. Eventually, one of these thousands of actions will spark the motivation to start moving.

Note:
The title of this post is just a wordplay and has no relation to anything else.