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[Star Wars] Would laziness be a defense against falling to the Dark Side?

Let's say I'm an average Jedi who's simply curious about the Dark Side, because I think knowing how to use Force Lightning would be a neat party trick. But I don't really have much ambition in life and I highly value my free time. Would I still fall to the Dark Side?

It seems like any time someone falls to the Dark Side, they suddenly have major ambitions to take over the galaxy and/or destroy the entire Jedi Order. But to me, that seems like too much work, stress, and responsibility. On screen, we only ever see Dark Side Force users gloating about ruling over the galaxy, but off screen I can only imagine the political shitstorm they have to navigate taking on a galaxy's worth of problems, ruling over quadrillions of people, collecting taxes, managing infrastructure, implementing regulations, etc.

Look at Palpatine; being emperor is so much work, I doubt that dude ever sleeps - just look at the bags under his eyes! And Darth Vader's job is to hunt down and kill all remaining Jedi; yes, that's evil, but I'll bet it also requires waking up before noon. As a Jedi, Anakin at least had plenty of free time to carry on a secret relationship, but does any Sith ever even get free time to spend a day binge watching space Netflix?

Does falling to the Dark Side suddenly imbue a person with a work ethic? Or would I be safe studying the Dark Side out of curiosity because I have no ambition to rule?
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Palpatine offloaded all of the managerial aspects of the Empire to his underlings; he spends his time meditating on the dark side and only occasionally making appearances for broadcasts.

The very idea that you want to be able to throw lightning (literally hate rays) is enough to send you on the path to the dark side - it's the quick and easy path, the lazy man's path.