Short Term Laziness

[The Monk]

So, recently I have become lazy. I have been doing some school work and have been doing 'days off', which is where I usually take a day off, but do however do some work e.g. make revision notes. I have partially found my life purpose and am heading towards that, however I am experiencing short term laziness, and I have only been making notes for 5 days in a row, and now feel lazy, and also feel like internal motivation is no longer working.

 

Any suggestions?

[Beam]

The self serving ego is playing games in your head to keep you as you are.

Clarify your goals to yourself , on paper and write what action is needed for it to come to volition.

Think of the improvements it will have on your life ,  avoid entertaining any negative self chatter your ego is telling you as it will try and interfere with your growth and try to keep you alone and safe in your current predicament.
 

Edited August 20, 2016 by Beam

[Christian]

@Aamir King

It is natural to be a bit lazy sometimes. Especially if you are doing something that you personally are not used to do that takes a lot of willpower. Expect that and act in the face of laziness and be aware of the consequences of engaging in lazy behaviour. But again, life is a grey area; there are times where it is best to take a step back and relax (be a bit lazy) and there are other times where it is better to work in the face of laziness. I find that times when it is acceptable to be lazy is after a huge success in a area of life like you just sold a business or if you have worked for a really long time and need time off because otherwise you will become stressed and have burn out...

There are also times where you should work in the face of laziness is when you want a result because you care deeply about it and it has long term value and you have the physical and psychological ressources to go for it.

 In that case, give it your all and prepare for the desire to slack off and fall back to your old ways. That is just a natural response that your subconscious mind has to change and is there to be expected. So be conscious of that. But it is not the complete picture. Another part of it is to motivate yourself.

Find out why you want these changes and ground yourself in that. Also, commit 100% to what you want and realize that YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE . So make the most out of your DAMN LIFE and think about the regrets that you will have knowing that you did not change earlier when you should have done it. Do it now if you feel you are in a position where it is the right move for you:

Most of the time, it will be... 

 

[The Monk]

Thanks, I'll try it out.

 @Christian