You’re Not Lazy. That’s It. That’s The Problem.
Just don’t do it.
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You’re not lazy.
That’s not the problem.
It’s not that you’re scared or distracted or something else. You don’t have to hustle like Gary Vee. You don’t have to just do it. You don’t have to be a living embodiment of the swoosh. It’s interesting how many times this idea comes up. Even Shia LaBeouf has a spin on it.
Here’s the big secret…
We think being lazy is the opposite of being successful and productive. What if it’s not? What if being lazy was necessary? What if procrastinating weren’t a bad thing? What if you were just bad at them?
Maybe being lazy is a skill.
We’ve forgotten it.
Everyone is lazy.
Here’s the most basic definition of lazy:
Unwilling to do work.
I’m pretty sure that includes all of us. Nobody loves work. Some of us have managed to make money off doing things we enjoy. We call it “work” because it earns income or brings us some kind of reward. The dirty little truth is that we do it for its own sake.
We got lucky.
There was a point in human history where laziness couldn’t exist. You either found food and shelter, or you starved. You froze. You got eaten. Once you had food and shelter, you didn’t go about making more shelter just for the hell of it. You kicked back and relaxed. You painted the walls of your cave because you wanted to, not because it was “work.”
My neighborhood has a few stray cats. They don’t do anything more than they have to in order to survive. They enjoy long naps.
This is what animals do.
We’re animals.
None of us are exactly “willing” to do work. What we’re willing to do is exchange our time and energy for things we need. We want to do as little work as possible for the maximum outcome. Doing more work than necessary is actually the root of our biggest problems.
Laziness is good for you.
