On Rising, Grinding, Unwinding and Getting Behinding

You would struggle to imagine a lazier human being than a 16-year-old Ben Sixsmith. It was not just that I was lazy at school, though I certainly was, treating five minutes of homework like a full week of block paving. It was that I was lazy at everything. Housework? If I cleaned the dishes it was a Christ-like gesture. Exercise? Get out of here. Hobbie…