Many people find it hard to go back to work after the holidays, but a Mexican boy recently has come up with a doozie of a way to avoid Real World 101.

The headline on the story by Efe, the premier Spanish-language news service, proclaimed, “Mexican kid glues himself to bed to avoid going back to school.”

The story goes on to tell how Diego, a 10-year-old from the Monterrey suburb of Guadalupe, tried to avoid going back to school at all costs after the Christmas holiday — and in the end succeeded.

Specifically, the boy this past Monday used glue to stick his hand to the metal headboard of his bed so that he could stay from school. Ultimately, it required Civil Protection experts to free him.

“Green Cross paramedics and members of Civil Protection from the Guadalupe municipal police rushed to unstick the boy’s right hand from the metal headboard of his bed,” Efe noted.

Green Cross spokesman Manuel Santiago said Diego took his family’s can of glue Sunday night and glued himself to the bed.

“When the boy’s mother, Sandra Palacios Gonzalez, realized what had happened, she unsuccessfully tried to unglue the child, then called the neighbors to come help, but they couldn’t undo the glue either,” Efe noted.

At that point, Diego’s mother sought the help of Civil Protection, which by means of a special solvent managed to unstick the boy after he had been inseparable from his bed for more than two hours.

The child did not go to school Monday while around 25 million others did, but he was expected to go this past Tuesday.

We encourage Diego — and his fellow procrastinators young and old everywhere — to give up the stalling tactics and give their all to achieve self-realization and help others.

In Diego’s case, we think he should examine the possibility of a career in comedy.