It is a common myth that idlers are incapable of working. The non-idler cannot understand the paradox of the working idler. But the truth is that idlers are mostly creative souls. This means that they like to create things, and this inevitably involves a degree of labour.
Idlers can work, they do work, but they work in a different way to non-idlers.
Where the non-idler will patiently put in the hours and enjoy a steady routine, the idler's work is performed in a chaotic and random fashion. Dr Johnson actually managed to complete an enormous amount of work in his lifetime, but he tended to produce it in a great hurry, right on deadline. The story goes that Johnson tended to write so close to his deadline that the printer's boy had to stand next to him as he wrote, and run each page of manuscript round to the printer's to ensure that the paper was published on time. This procrastination and particular relationship with deadlines will be familiar to all idlers. The idler's outburst of frenetic toil is often motivated by his hatred of work.