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Why Are We Lazy ?
By admin | March 23, 2008
“I’ll do it later.”
“I don’t have time to do it now.”
“I’ll do it when I wake up in the morning.”
“I’ll do it in the late night before I sleep.”
“I’ll do it as soon as I go home.”
“I’ll do it when I find some free time.”
“I’ll to do it when I am not in rush.”
Sound familiar?
Sometimes we don’t say it out but, how many times we feel it everyday?
Are we really lazy?
Everyday before I go to bed, I set my clock alarm to 6 am and when it goes off, I snooze, sno..o.o..z. and sno..o..o..o..o..z. , and still, I will never wake up before 7.30am. I tried so many different techniques to wake up in the early morning but none of them worked for me. I am sure there are several people like me.
Am I really lazy?
There are several occasions in our life in which we are demanded to do the work that we don’t like. You got to work some time now or later whether it is for you or for somebody else and it doesn’t matter whether you like it or not.
Whatever you think or try to do, you can never escape from working. Even to escape from the work, you really got to do some work at it. And also, as you may know, it becomes more and more difficult to do anything in the last minute.
Well, we know all this stuff. We call it Procrastination.
But the question is, “why do we procrastinate?”
Is it because of laziness?
I don’t think so.
Let us test it.
First, give me a TV remote and I will make sure that I watch all the shows for the entire night until my eyes cannot see anymore. If you give me a tennis racquet, I keep on playing for hours and hours and will never stop until I get an emergency call from my home. Try me by giving me a computer and I will make sure that I browse as many sites as possible until my brain cannot take it any more.
I know many people who love to do shopping. I have never seen them getting tired even if they spend their entire day in the shopping mall. Some people like reading. They always read like crazy. Likewise, everyone has got one or more activities during which they will never show any symptoms of laziness.
Well, this at least proves that we are not lazy, even though we are working on something that is completely different from what life demands.
After giving it so much thought and doing some research, I came to the following conclusion.
We are lazy because “either we don’t like what we are doing or we are not doing what we like”.
To put it in a simple way, “We are lazy just because we don’t have fun doing it.”
Laziness is the lack of desire to perform work or expend effort.What behavior is considered laziness varies according to personal and societal standards.
– Definition from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It seems to me that when we dislike any kind work, our body and mind will not be their full cooperation in doing it and we generally interpret this condition as laziness. I heard someone saying “the height of laziness is termed as Lethargy.”
This analysis created so many questions in the back of my mind.
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How can we create more fun in what we are doing?
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How can we make anyone wake up on Monday morning with an excitement to go to work?
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How can we deeply get involved in our work as if we are playing our favorite game?
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How can we get rid of the stress out of the work life and make it more colorful?
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How can we get ready for the office as if the kids are getting ready for the playground?
I always believed that there is definitely way to make our work life more entertaining so that, we can enjoy it all the time. When we enjoy our work, we will do it more and more of it that gives us a lot of happiness and directs us toward our life’s fulfillment.
For about past two years, I was thinking of creating my own web site. But as I said, nothing was moving further as there was no such topic that attracted me.
After all, I surely know and also proved that I am not lazy. I realized that I just couldn’t do it as I was not able to find an interesting topic that gives me a lot of fun.
One day, I questioned myself, “why not create a blog on "laziness" and have some fun?” (Of course, make some money too!)
I am glad that I finally started with an inspiring subject and I surely know that I am going to have a lot of fun.
I am going to update the content of this blog with the information that I research from other web sites, books, and other types of media. Amazingly, after I started working on this blog topic, I realized that I am observing everything that is happening around me. I am sure that these observations would be a great help. I am also open to share the ideas and suggestions contributed by friends and visitors that will help in getting rid of laziness and create more fun in our work life.
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March 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Good start,,,nice and interesting stuff, it makes me think about my routine when i try to sleep 10 more minutes after my alarm rings….
good work
March 24th, 2008 at 9:34 am
This article is a mirror reflection of my daily life
I am thrilled to see it live finally.. and I would like to see more articles on it to get rid of laziness in my life (not just at workplace) !!
Nice work !! Keep it up !!
March 24th, 2008 at 10:01 am
I think this is the first site i have seen ,which describes for me about the natural lazy.
Laxmi
March 25th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Why was I so lazy? this i put myself every day to meliorate myself.
March 26th, 2008 at 6:15 am
this ariticle is excellent….it looks like mirror of my life
March 27th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Lazyness? never thought there are people like me on this planet.. Just kidding
Interesting article, would like to see more on this topic and read about it.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I am glad you guys liked the article. According to me, there is no much difference between life and the workplace. I believe that life is a huge workplace where we have to deal with so many different challenges everyday (Even on weekends and holidays!) and the place where you go and work 8 hours a day is just a small portion of this huge workplace called life. If we can overcome laziness by creating a lot of fun in handling the day-to-day challenges presented by life, what else do we need on our life?
April 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Need more posts…..when are they coming …
May 28th, 2008 at 8:23 am
I like your article! i’ve just finished writing “why we call it snooze?”. I searched the internet and maybe I could find the same title or an answer to that question which I answered. Then I saw your website and I read the first lines of your article and take a look at it.
thanks! coz now I know and can defend myself that I’m not lazy. People are not lazy. Who would want an unsuccessful life? everyone strives hard to do their best. but in my experience, there are people who ignores to appreciate what we can do and give us a very depressing salary. sorry. I just appreciate your article… cheers!
May 28th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
I am glad to know that you liked my article Ibooz(Your ID “IBooz” makes me laugh everytime I say it). I am curious to read about your “why we call it snooze?” article. I would appreciate if you can share more about your writings.