There’s a special strain of immaturity that goes like this: “When something’s serious, I’ll take it seriously. But if something isn’t a big deal, it doesn’t matter how I act; and furthermore, why would I tire myself out by being responsible if it isn’t a big deal?” For example: a friend who makes a habit out of “borrowing” $20 and not paying you back, who expects you to take him seriously when he asks for $2000.
It’s the wishful belief in the inverse of the statement that “one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.” It’s the kid who never does homework and then gets As on all his tests, or whose room is a pig-sty except for when it’s immaculate, whose entire life is the act of oscillating from extreme irresponsibility to responsibility, where achieving the latter means you don’t have to be it anymore.
After all, being responsible is hard. And it’s easier (and much more impressive) to lift a very heavy weight once instead of holding onto something light for a long time.
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