lotus-eating
Pleasurable forgetful laziness
Lotus-eating is indulging in pleasurable idleness, forgetting responsibilities and the outside world.
The term comes from Homer's Odyssey, where Odysseus's men eat lotus fruit and lose all desire to return home.
A lotus-eater is someone devoted to pleasure and leisure at the expense of practical concerns: We spent a lotus-eating week on the island, ignoring our phones entirely.
Pursuit of gratification
- pleasure-seekingPursuit of enjoyment
- self-indulgenceExcessive yielding to desires
- sybaritismPursuit of luxury
- epicureanismPursuit of refined pleasures
decadence · languor · sensuality · luxury · voluptuousness · gratification · indolence · torpor
State of doing nothing
- loungingReclining in idleness
- loafingPassing time idly
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- relaxationState of being unwound
repose · ease · comfort · restfulness · siesta · leisure · unwinding · downtime
Epic of homecoming
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- OdysseusIthaca's long-wandering monarch
- Greek mythologyAncient Greek divine narratives
- sirensEmergency vehicle noisemakers
Circe · Calypso · enchantment · forgetfulness · homecoming · Ithaca · wandering · temptation
Idle mental wandering
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- dreamlandSleep state with visions
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
seclusion · withdrawal · oblivion · forgetfulness · detachment · disengagement · otherworldliness · abstraction
hedonism
Pursuit of gratification
- pleasure-seekingPursuit of enjoyment
- self-indulgenceExcessive yielding to desires
- sybaritismPursuit of luxury
epicureanism · decadence · languor · sensuality · luxury · voluptuousness · gratification · indolence · torpor · lethargy
idleness
State of doing nothing
relaxation · repose · ease · comfort · restfulness · siesta · leisure · unwinding · downtime · inactivity
Odyssey
Epic of homecoming
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- OdysseusIthaca's long-wandering monarch
- Greek mythologyAncient Greek divine narratives
sirens · Circe · Calypso · enchantment · forgetfulness · homecoming · Ithaca · wandering · temptation · seduction
daydreaming
Idle mental wandering
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- dreamlandSleep state with visions
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
retreat · seclusion · withdrawal · oblivion · forgetfulness · detachment · disengagement · otherworldliness · abstraction · wool-gathering
lotus-eatingindustrious
Devoted to steady effort
hardworking · diligent · laborious · toiling · assiduous
lotus-eatingalert
Warning or watchfulness
vigilant · clear-eyed · sober · pragmatic · realistic
lotus-eatingdriven
Intensely determined to achieve
ambitious · purposeful · goal-oriented · striving · aspiring