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Yesterday, Sunday I knew I had to move the brush pile in my back yard into the front yard because municipal brush pickup was on Monday. I also knew it was going
by donatj 5y ago
Yesterday, Sunday I knew I had to move the brush pile in my back yard into the front yard because municipal brush pickup was on Monday. I also knew it was going to be 90°f by about noon and not going to taper off until after dark. I knew perfectly well I should do it in the AM before it got hot.
Yet, about 3pm I hauled the brush and got drenched in sweat and honestly felt sick. Why? I was being lazy and didn't want to get out of bed. It's 100% a thing.
- tommiegannert 5y agoThe post is just suggesting that you (and the people around you) keep digging through the Whys and don't stop at "I can attribute this to laziness". > The solution, instead, is to look for what is holding the procrastinator back. If anxiety is the major barrier, the procrastinator actually needs to walk away from the computer/book/word document and engage in a relaxing activity. Being branded “lazy” by other people is likely to lead to the exact opposite behavior.
- donatj 5y agoAnd the article is wrong, plain and simple. Written by someone who is apparently not lazy and can’t comprehend the idea. Just because you can’t fathom something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist, that’s a logical fallacy. Being lazy is absolutely a thing, and just a person unreasonably weighting the value of the now over the later. I weighted the value of being in bed right now higher than the value of not moving brush in 90°F weather later, which I then even later regretted. And I will do it again. Why? My value weighting function in my brain is flawed; that’s what it means to be lazy. There is no deeper reason.