June 7, 2006
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Laziness
I think on the whole, people work hard. Still, there is a bar by which people can be criticized as lazy. I’m talking mostly of Americans or even just me. Other countries, other people may have different norms. So that said, I think people more often get lazy in their personal lives, with their families, their houses, their relationships. They work hard in their jobs because that’s not as important. And it is by this analysis that I am coming to the conclusion that I am lazy – not as lazy as some, maybe less than average (I don’t have the results of the study someone has done on the average laziness), but lazy by the high standard I’d like to set for my life, relationships, family and lets not forget myself. There are things I want to do for me that I never do (cause I don’t have time, I say).
We do work hard, and when we get done earning money, we don’t want to do things that we don’t have to do, BUT… On the other hand, I think that if we do things when we think of things, if we change our habits, if we force ourselves to just do it, even though we don’t feel like it, then we change our reflexes, our auto-pilot from not doing to doing. And pretty soon, we’re not even thinking about it and we’re just doing it. Pretty soon we will be amazed at how much really can get done in a day, and maybe even how much fun we’re having.
It’s a theory.
Comments (3)
And a doggone good theory at that!
I'm one of the laziest people alive, and proud of it. But all people are lazy, it's a normal state of human existence. That's what has motivated us to come up with everything from cars to washing machines to computers... to do things for us. Seems it only motivates us to work harder to come up with more things that do stuff for us!
One of my son's teachers once accused him of "being one of the laziest kids alive". It made him feel really bad, and it made me really angry. I always tried to encourage him by saying "So what... everyone feels lazy. You're no different than anyone else. It's not how lazy you feel... just remember, you can still get things done in spite of how it feels." I think he took this to heart and grew up realizing that feeling lazy it quite normal. You just have to keep doing things in spite of it!
la·zy Audio pronunciation of "lazy" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lz)
adj. la·zi·er, la·zi·est
1. Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness.
2. Slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy river.
3. Conducive to idleness or indolence: a lazy summer day.
4. Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.
Since when has lazy been used with a negative connotation? All those definitions sound like natural bodily reactions to whatever disharmony may be occurring in your life, be it tons of hard work, dreadfully overcast weather, a need for some alone time, etc. I would say to that teacher that laziness is absolutely necessary, and that his laziness makes him better than you in every way possible.
And I also agree, that once you build momentum, you just don't ever want to stop. It's a daily goal for me to only commit to activities that I enjoy doing, and if I perceive myself beginning to see a speck of dislike, I make a game out of it. Hard work is just a game, as is laziness.
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