Social media may be awash with clean living hacks and motivational content, but one surprising trend glorifies laziness - and it may be the antidote to hustle culture.

The term bed-rotting refers to the practice of spending long hours in bed, neglecting the outside world, scrolling through social media or binge-watching a TV series.

While it may not sound like the healthiest practice, TV personality James Kavanagh told Moncrieff he believes in the rejuvenating powers of bed-rotting.

"I kind of feel like bed-rotting is a catch-all term for someone who takes pride and can be lazy guilt-free and doesn’t have to fill their free-time with a schedule of things," Mr Kavanagh said.

"I kind of feel like [we live] in a society where we’re bombarded with ‘You should be doing stuff, you should be up a mountain on a Sunday, you should be hiking, doing this.'

"Let's just slow down a bit."

A man sleeping in bed at home, Alamy

Mr Kavanagh said many people feel guilty about doing nothing and insisted in the benefits of bed-rotting.

"There’s a guilt around doing nothing, but actually doing nothing is kind of doing something," he said.

"People call it bed-rotting - I call it bed-rejuvenation because you are charging yourself back up again.

"Doing nothing is doing something and if you can take the time to chill and go into the slow lane [you should not] feel guilty about doing nothing."

Hustle culture

It is perhaps no surprise that bed-rotting has found its devotees at a time when hustle culture is so widespread.

"I've seen on TikTok, there are 15, 16 and 17-year-olds talking about the 'hustle life' and getting into freezing cold ice-baths in the morning and just pushing the 'constantly doing stuff' way of life," Mr Kavanagh said.

"I've always just been kind of allergic to that stuff - I'm just a big believer in the slow lane."

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