Recently I saw this ad for an app called Flip. The people in the ad said things like, “Have you ever wanted to make money for doing what you love? Are you done with scrolling on TikTok yet making zero profit, zero results, and zero point? Check out Flip, the newest money-making app where you can watch and post videos and make money for doing it.”

Okay, so first I rolled my eyes. Surely we don’t need another social media app. It’s already had a terrible influence on teens, young adults, and kids—as well as adults. Not to mention the fact that teens spend roughly 7 hours on their phone every day—not including schoolwork. That is already laziness. Which leads me to my next point:

People are literally getting paid for being lazy.

I mean, if you love it, sure. Go ahead and make money after what you love. In the add, people are doing this to the extent where they are making thousands of dollars from Flip.

But then check this out: I’ve found a handful of resources and reviews, where people say that this is a scam. From what I can tell, they haven’t lost money, but after 30 days or so, they don’t continue to make money. Some have said that they’ve even had to pay before continuing to apparently post videos, comment, and watch videos make money.

As I was reading these reviews and roughly researching this app, there’s no real assurance that you will continue to make money on a safe and consistent basis.

You might be wondering: why is she talking about this app? It’s not related to a regular topic on her blog, so what’s the big deal?

Well, I’m coming to that. There’s a verse in Proverbs that says, “Lazy people are soon poor; hard workers get rich.” (Proverbs 10:4 NLT)

Being lazy means ‘unwilling to work,’ according to Merriam-Webster. If you are unwilling to work, quite frankly, you are undeserving to make money. It’s said in the book of Proverbs and there are many other proverbs around the world that say, “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.”

If you are going to choose to try and make money by scrolling on social media, don’t be disappointed if it doesn’t work the way you wanted. And I don’t mean this in just reference to scrolling social media—laziness aren’t going to get you anywhere, literally and metaphorically.

Laziness when it comes to faith is a tough problem to deal with. The past few days I’ve been ignoring my Bible devotionals and choosing to listen to music, play games on my phone, watch movies, and all sorts of other crap while I’m in the car. What could I be doing instead? Maybe reading that new book my friend got me, writing in my WIP or for The Faithful Wanderer, doing homework, reading my Bible, praying, or communicating with friends back in Washington. Things that are worthwhile.

So in conclusion? Laziness ain’t the answer, kids. That’s all I got to say.

Apologies for this rough post–it’s likely got many typos that I missed, so let me know if you find any–and I may or may not have written it last minute… Shh, don’t tell anyone!

Thanks for reading–and let me know your thoughts on this new-ish app called Flip!

~Willow

Also: preorders for the Skillful Pen Press poetry anthology, Through Rays of Light, will be ready soon!! Y’all, we are so close! A few days ago I got to see a document of the book and let me just say, it was really cool and fulfilling to see it coming together and 99% completed. (I may or may not be buying about 20 copies to send to different people…)