slacker

To smart to work, he thinks. Or she thinks. An underachiever or irritatingly laid-back character. Possibly disorganised, possibly prone to procrastination. There can be a bit more to it than mere laziness or sloppiness, a perception that the rat race isn't worth it and shop-till-you-drop a surrogate happiness of low quality, and a slow poison, too. So this kind of slacker might (or might not) be dedicated to what he or she does (paragliding, for example), but would probably not list “climbing the corporate ladder” as an ambition or “shopping” as a hobby. May be a bit of a “Generation X” thing. Hear Beck's song “Loser” or see the video for Soundgarden's “Black Hole Sun”.