The belief of being to lazy generates self-fulfilling profecy for me - What to do?

[TimStr]

Hey guys,

procrastination is a huge obstacle in my life. I'm sure I am not the only one here.

I spent some time today thinking about the issue and I think, I discovered the root cause of my problem:
I think I am lazy!

Not all the time of cause. I have productive days and I feel great about myself. But after a few of those, my addictions and homeostasis kick in and bring me back to a place of unfocused distraction and procrastination on what I wanted to accomplish. I then hate myself for being unproductive and lazy.

I guess, I identified being lazy as a "bad" part of my personality and that belief generates a self-fulfilling profecy for me. Basically, being lazy is a part of my self-image, that I hate, but since its part of my self image, my self creates the behaviour, that reinforces that self image.

In the past, I tried just to brute force myself out it by setting goals, having todo lists, accountability systems and whatnot. But it seems, that this didn't adress the root issue. In fact, I think, that this may have made the problem a lot worse.

What can I do?
Do you think, that affirmations and vizualizations may help here to change my self-image?
I want to solve that problem once and for all and love to hear your tips and suggestions.

Edited March 9, 2018 by TimStr

[Clown]

Yeah I think "being lazy" isn't the root cause. I can symphatize with this tho. I have a hard time finding motivation to do stuff, because all the worldly business just seems so stupid. I just wanna sit at home and mediate and make music. It's not because I'm lazy. It's because it's hard to find any meaning in doing stuff that I know isn't going to bring me ultimate happiness. It's because of the pressure from the society, family, friends etc. that makes me feel like I have to accomplish something material in my life. 

And also the fact that at this point in history you sort of need money to get by. If you reach a point where you can just live off the sunlight and stay in an ecstatic state 24/7, you're ok, but that's not the case for 99,99999999% of people.

So just make getting your shit together your spiritual sadhana. Get motivated in being a powerful being. Rather than letting the ego be the doer, be the witness. Witness your bodymind being a powerful vehicle in the world. That's what I'm trying to accomplish in my own life now. I wish I could say something more but that's all I've got for now.

[Shin]

Nofap.

Work out in the morning (until you literally can't move).

Cold shower.

 

This alone should boost your productivity decently.