On Laziness
Monday, June 22nd, 2009I am anything but lazy. “Workaholic” is a more apt description. I’ve known a few just plain lazy folks in my life, but I find that most people who are deemed “lazy” are not really lazy at all. They’re really just unmotivated.
Sometimes, I just feel a bit lazy. I just don’t wanna do nuttin’. But if I really look at that, it’s always clear that the real reason for the feeling is that I’m a little lost or, more often, I’m so stressed out that I can’t face the work. So I try to handle the deeper issue, not the laziness.
If you suffer from the laziness malady, just don’t accept it. Go a little deeper. Ask yourself why you are being lazy. Check your motivation. Make sure you have a goal. Make sure you are excited about your goal on some level. Make sure there is a right purpose to your goal. Make sure you’re clear on that.
Every couple of months or so I like to sit down with myself and check my goals and motives. It’s sort of an oil check. Sometimes I’ll write them down on a piece of paper; sometimes I’ll just rehearse them in my mind, but I try to get the concepts clear within myself. What am I doing? Why am I doing it? And how do I feel about doing it? And lastly, what do I need to do to feel better about doing it? It’s really the first beat of organization on any project that I do.
