How To Stop “Being” Lazy

This article is going to be so short, that even a “lazy person” could do it.

But before you keep on reading, let me just be forward with this disclaimer:

There are no magic pills or instant solutions to be found in this article. So, if that’s all you seek, feel free to Ctrl/Cmd + W your way out of here.

Since this article is being written for “lazy people”, I felt this was a very necessary disclaimer.

Why?

Because usually, “lazy people” are always looking for a shortcut to get what they want. It’s literally part of the nature of “being” lazy.

At this point, you may be asking yourself “What’s up with this guy using quotes on everything?”

Well, the reason why I’m using quotes around the lazy expressions is precisely because of what I’ll get into now:

There is no such thing as a lazy person.

Being lazy isn’t a specific characteristic of someone.

It’s not genetic.

It’s not part of your personality OR who you are.

And it certainly isn’t a curse you have to live with.

It’s not because you’re unlucky that you’re lazy either.

All of these common misconceptions are exactly why so many people “are” lazy.

Why do people think of it this way?

Well, it’s certainly easier, isn’t it?

You see, if you believe any of the above misconceptions, then you don’t have to hold yourself accountable for “being” lazy because it’s not your fault.

You can just hold the excuse over yourself to protect your ego. You can think “It’s not my fault I’m lazy, I was born this way. It’s part of my personality. But I WISH I wasn’t lazy. That’s for sure!”

Good luck with your life if you genuinely end up living by these words.

So, what IS laziness then?

This may come as a surprise, but?laziness is a habit.

Nothing more than that.

Before expanding on this, I’d like to point out something:

Humans are NATURALLY lazy.

After all, if we go back to cavemen time, do you really think they would work all day long?

I highly doubt that. Especially since food was a scarce resource, they had to conserve their energies. Plus, if they were living anywhere that’s sunny, hunting and gathering during periods of intense heat would’ve completely drained every bit of their energy.

So, most likely, the hunting and the gathering were done during a period of cooler temperatures like maybe the early morning or evening. The rest of the time was probably spent conserving energy, meaning not doing much of anything that would require physical exertion.

What does this mean to you?

It means that you shouldn’t feel bad for having moments when your body just says “Just don’t do it. Just relax, why bother? You’re tired, just be still and conserve your energy.”

You should simply accept that this is part of your human nature. To some degree, laziness is a part of human nature.

HOWEVER.

As I said before, laziness can become a?highly?ingrained habit if you’re not careful.

If you always seek the shortest route, even when it bears fewer fruits, you’re basically giving in to the habit of laziness 100% of the time.

That is the mistake right there.

It’s perfectly fine to be lazy in moments that are adequate for it.

For example, every night, for the last 2 hours of my day, I allow myself to be lazy. Because I know it’s natural.

But I use it as a reward after a non-lazy day.

I make sure that I’m only lazy on moments in which I deem laziness to be acceptable. I don’t allow laziness to “happen” on a whim. I don’t allow it to happen whenever I?feel?like it. That’s the key right there.

You cannot give in to laziness if it goes against your goals. No matter what goals.

Remember: the more you do something, the stronger of a habit it will become.

So, each day you have a series of decisions to make. Each decision you make will either bring you closer to the habit of?acting?(not being) lazy OR to the habit of IGNORING your lazy whims.

Everyone you know is at some level between these two habits.

The lazier someone is, the more ingrained their habit of acting lazy is.

The more hard-working someone is, the more ingrained their habit of ignoring their lazy whims is.

It is as simple as that.

A lot of human challenges can be highly complex, but this one certainly isn’t one of them.

I myself am a great example of this.

I was incredibly lazy ever since I remember all the way until I was 26 years old.

But at that age, I decided to make a change.

I wasn’t aware at the time that it was just a matter of changing my habits. I thought it would be a much greater challenge, that I would even have to change my personality.

But really, ALL I had to change was how I carried myself through each day.

All I had to change was WHAT I was doing each day.

Once I changed my habits, I slowly stopped “being” lazy.

It wasn’t fast though. I had to be patient with myself.

It took me about a year to see REAL change.

But once that happened, I was fully motivated to never succumb to “my” laziness again.

And since then, I kept having habits that keep me self-disciplined. And with each year that goes by it becomes easier and easier to ignore any impulses for laziness.

I almost always feel ready to do what I need to get done.

ALL because I changed my habits.

And more importantly, I developed the habit of?ignoring?my lazy impulses.

You can do this too.

You just need to make a true commitment to yourself.

You just need to start by?believing that YOU ARE NOT lazy.

It’s just a habit. It’s not who you are. It’s not a part of you.

Rules and structure, when properly followed, can “heal” your laziness. That’s it.

Giving in to your laziness creates frustration and ends with you hating yourself for having succumbed to it. So STOP this behavior ASAP.

Don’t just read this and go on with your day. Make this a turning point in your life.

Start working to change?today.

I wish you the best of luck, although all you need is commitment and consistency.

You can do it!

Never stop hustling & never stop dreaming,

- Dez

P.S. I’m a Success Mindset Coach and I’d be happy to help you defeat your laziness habit and become more self-disciplined if you think you could use some help! You can check out my official website?https://kaidezen.com/?for more information

P.P.S: tl;dr: Self-discipline is the solution to defeating the habit of laziness.