cardguy said:
...which would be a remarkably lazy way of dealing with the problem.
How Do You Stop Being A Lazy Bastard?
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...which would be a remarkably lazy way of dealing with the problem.
Here's a surprising bit of advice: relax.
The obsession with one's own supposed laziness and procrastination is a sign of anxiety. It sounds to me like you're basically doing fine but you have high expectations of yourself which are always unmet so you're preoccupied with "significant opportunities" missed in the past and how your laziness is always to blame.
Don't play that game, it's one where you always lose. It sounds like you're healthy and are doing ok financially, so your "laziness" doesn't seem like a fatal illness, does it?
You don't need to "drastically change your life" in any particular way except relax and enjoy it. If you relax into life, you'll forget to be lazy. How's that for a little paradox?
If your "procrastination" gets you into real practical difficulties, just do what you're already doing: set a schedule for doing certain tasks that you need to do and just do them on a schedule. There is no need to turn your whole life upside down where you can just set a few simple habits, should that be necessary. And you can do that at any time, there is no special preparation needed. You can start doing something practically useful on a schedule as of tomorrow, if that helps you.
Guys worry so much about "achieving goals" that they forget to enjoy their life, and miss the "goals" anyway because they're too fucking tense and preoccupied when the opportunity strikes.
The obsession with one's own supposed laziness and procrastination is a sign of anxiety. It sounds to me like you're basically doing fine but you have high expectations of yourself which are always unmet so you're preoccupied with "significant opportunities" missed in the past and how your laziness is always to blame.
Don't play that game, it's one where you always lose. It sounds like you're healthy and are doing ok financially, so your "laziness" doesn't seem like a fatal illness, does it?
You don't need to "drastically change your life" in any particular way except relax and enjoy it. If you relax into life, you'll forget to be lazy. How's that for a little paradox?
If your "procrastination" gets you into real practical difficulties, just do what you're already doing: set a schedule for doing certain tasks that you need to do and just do them on a schedule. There is no need to turn your whole life upside down where you can just set a few simple habits, should that be necessary. And you can do that at any time, there is no special preparation needed. You can start doing something practically useful on a schedule as of tomorrow, if that helps you.
Guys worry so much about "achieving goals" that they forget to enjoy their life, and miss the "goals" anyway because they're too fucking tense and preoccupied when the opportunity strikes.
All the above tips are nice, but they're useless unless the OP throws out his television.
I'd rather be lazy and smart than stupid and motivated.
MidniteSpecial said:
I think it was MickCF who mentioned once, "You can either work hard or work smart, but not both."
This book also helped me out a lot:
"Your Own Worst Enemy: Breaking the Habit of Adult Underachievement"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060393920/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00
"Your Own Worst Enemy: Breaking the Habit of Adult Underachievement"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060393920/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00
Tytalus said:
Can you elaborate on how it helped you?
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Laziness depends on your upbringing more than anything. My brother is lazy as fuck, I'm not. It's mostly due to the fact that I grew up in economic strife, yet my brother grew up in the years of plenty, especially when he was a teenager and I'd left home by then.
But you CAN change your life. I have todo lists about a mile long, and never run out of tasks to do.
But you CAN change your life. I have todo lists about a mile long, and never run out of tasks to do.
I am pretty lazy. And not ashamed of it. The first thing I do when analysing a job or task is ask myself if it really needs doing.
Alot of people waste their lives doing useless shit just to keep them occupied.
To continue this theme. I want to repeat a joke I have shared before...
Alot of people waste their lives doing useless shit just to keep them occupied.
To continue this theme. I want to repeat a joke I have shared before...
Living the dream
Chicken
I have gone through the same thing and turned my life around for the better. It took about two years to do it and I still regress every now and then. Some keys where hitting the gym and eating healthy. Concentrating on one goal at a time and putting my full effort towards it. I stopped hanging out with my friends that were not really going anywhere and started hanging out with more successful people. Its all about what habits you have too, if you wake up every morning and watch tv or play computer games you need to break up that routine. Its not easy to do, but you just need to do small things everyday and one day you wake up and you don't have to force yourself to work or write a paper you just do it cause its part of who you are.
Anyway this is a good video for people who are not goal type people like me and you,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kyhXttVakk
Anyway this is a good video for people who are not goal type people like me and you,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kyhXttVakk
Was it Bill Gates who said...
"I always give the hardest jobs to the laziest people, because they always find a easier way to do it"
"I always give the hardest jobs to the laziest people, because they always find a easier way to do it"
Videl said:
Just ordered this last week, and I think I will go see a counselor. I think it's funny how it all goes back to inner game.