Why Are We Lazy?
Lazy usually has a negative connotation. Lazy means personal treatment that at least reflects success. Lazy means refusing to succeed. Refusing to try. Refusing to accept discomfort.
Lazy can also mean avoiding responsibility. Lazy is a very despicable personality. We deny being called ‘slackers’ — perpetrators of laziness.
However, without us realizing it, every day, every hour, every minute, or every second, there is always something that makes us lazy. Delaying responding to incoming messages in case the message or person is not good for us, delaying schoolwork or work, delaying doing something healthy or so on.
To procrastinate means to wait. Waiting for the right time, waiting for encouragement from within us, or waiting for a load of responsibilities that are piling up. Procrastinating means just waiting for time.
But, how are we? Why are we lazy? Lazy to get up early, lazy to exercise, lazy to do assignments, lazy to write?
It’s okay if we’re lazy!
I remember the first time I started running. From the start I didn’t really care about sports, especially running. Because at the beginning I already knew the capacity of my heart if I had to run for kilometers. However, ‘perhaps’ out of curiosity I finally continued to do these activities, on a regular basis.
In the first week, I didn’t really push myself to have to be able to run, like people do. Not. I just looked around, and felt the wind hit my face, the noise of the vehicles, the sound of the trees, and the sound of the shoes of people taking turns in front of me. I just watched, and just walked leisurely, like I was having some recreation.
And that’s the answer! Why are we lazy? whether it’s lazy to get up early, lazy to exercise, lazy to do assignments, or even lazy to write, yes, because WE THINK THAT IS A SO BIG RESPONSIBILITY. So big, that our bodies respond to ‘later on’ or ‘don’t do it.
So, if you want to do a new habit, first identify the motive why we have to do it. Is it for fun, or just to excel? Get to know it early on, and start small — for example, running, start with walking for the first two or three weeks. Don’t push yourself, and learn from the negative dogma of ‘lazy’.***
