I’m a 53-Year-Old Male Lazy-Girl

And I was way ahead of the curve

Pathless Pilgrim
3 min readJul 30, 2023
I’m a 53-Year-Old Male Lazy-Girl… And I was way ahead of the curve
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A new trend has exploded on TikTok.

Seems everyone now is looking for ‘Lazy Girl Jobs’.

Hugely popular among Zoomers, it’s the latest in workplace idealism.

Well, I’m proud to say I was way ahead of the curve there.

Despite being a 53 year-old male, it seems I’ve been following the Lazy Girl path for years!

A lazy girl job is defined as an easy job where you work for fewer hours, work from home and make a comfortable salary.

Lazy girl jobs offer more freedom than traditional careers. For many, they provide space to develop their own interests alongside their work.

Interests like content creation. Side hustles. Their real passions.

A lot of would-be influencers take lazy girl jobs because it affords them time to work on their social media content.

It’s a break from the traditional 9–5 work ethic. A kind of idealism. A chance to follow your dreams.

It’s closely linked to quiet quitting.

I was doing it 30 years ago. We used to call it dropping out.

At the time I was young, free and single, working 5 days a week and going off at…

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