In general, laziness means postponing to the future what we have decided to do at a certain time or eliminating goals that we have not achieved due to lack of effort.  Laziness is one of the bad habits that people get for wanting comfort.

According to the nightly magazine of the Journalists Club, my nerves were shattered and I could not blame anyone else.  I was lying on the sofa, constantly thinking about my backlog.  Paying the bank installment, getting some household goods, doing homework and a lot of other backlog work only increased my stress and this stress encouraged me to be carefree!  I was very upset and could not believe that I was so lazy.

I woke up for a moment and saw that I had been thinking about this for several hours.  I finished today and again I did nothing.  Moslem Romani, a clinical psychologist, believes that laziness is one of those problems that you may face at any age, gender and position.  Laziness means procrastination or laziness in doing things.

Reasons for laziness in doing things

“One of the most important reasons for laziness is not prioritizing life to achieve long-term and short-term goals,” Romani said in an interview.  If a person does not prioritize what he or she is going to do in one day, he or she will most likely fail to do one or more important things.

It is interesting to know that perfectionism is also one of the reasons for laziness.  Some people stop doing things that they think might be flawed because they want everything they do to be perfect.

Stubbornness is another cause of laziness;  For example, some people, due to resentment of another person, consciously and out of stubbornness refuse to do some important and effective things in their lives, which is also a kind of laziness.

Zooming in and out of things also causes laziness in doing things.  Some people make certain things in their minds so great that they are afraid to face them, and sometimes they find some things so insignificant that they constantly procrastinate, which is also a kind of laziness.

It is worth mentioning that some parents make their children lazy with their behaviors.  When parents never give responsibility to their children, lazy children will be handed over to society.  Laziness is a habit and when parents provide all the welfare facilities for their child, they encourage him to be lazy.

Ways to overcome laziness

There are several ways to combat laziness.  Here are some simple but practical solutions.  It is worth noting that you do not need to follow all of these strategies in the first place.  It is better to implement one or more strategies first and then go to other solutions to get rid of this bad habit forever.

Prepare :

Prepare before you start anything.  The more you know about a task and the more you prepare for it in advance, the more you will master it and the faster you will act.

Identify psychological barriers :

Lack of energy is one of the factors affecting laziness.  Watch your energy level.  Exercise and enjoy a full and energetic breakfast in the morning. Starting a working day without a good breakfast seems like going to war without failure.

Therefore, you should identify the psychological barriers to your activities and boost your mental energy before starting any activity.  Things like a short break or eating your favorite food, etc. can boost your emotional energy to be more serious in doing your work.

Take the first step firmly :

Start from wherever you feel most convenient for you;  Because as soon as you take the first step, you are halfway there.  So take a few more steps forward.  When you are busy, it is difficult for you to leave it part-time.

Set a time limit :

Set a deadline for your important tasks and be committed to it with all your might.  You also need to have big visions but small goals.  Big goals are achieved when they become a coherent set of small goals.

Reward yourself:

Give yourself a small reward after doing each part of the job.  It is worth mentioning that you must act on the promise of reward that you have considered for yourself because, in this way, the mechanism of pleasure and reward when doing things is activated in your mind.

Get rid of negative thoughts :

Negative thoughts and having excessive expectations of oneself can aggravate laziness.  Do not make your daily schedule too busy.  Do not consider the to-do list more than your physical capacity.

Successfully complete the task:

You have to finish what you started.  However, if you are tired, take a short break but do not stop.  There is nothing more tedious than leaving things unfinished, but when you complete a task successfully, a wave of energy and self-confidence returns to you.

Do not force yourself:

Instead of using the word “should” to do things, try to emphasize the tangible and logical benefits of doing it in your mind.  Your subconscious mind hates domination.

Do nothing:

If none of the methods to overcome laziness work for you, you can also try this method.  Sit in a chair and try not to do anything or even think for a while.  You will soon see that you can not tolerate all this passivity even for half an hour, so you subconsciously get up to do something.

Be committed to doing the job:

Do not do unnecessary things at all.  This is the only place where a little laziness is useful.  It is interesting to know that it is very easy to do things when you feel good, but you can not always rely on your mood to do the necessary things.  Do important things even when you do not feel well.

Think of the joy of finishing:

When you want to do something but you keep postponing it, you always feel guilty about it, but when you do what you can do now, your mind becomes more relaxed.  Whenever your mind tends to succumb to the fleeting pleasures of quitting, highlight the deep joys of getting the job done in your mind and review it in great detail.

Forget laziness:

Before you do anything, you should forget the labels you probably used to say to yourself about your procrastination.  Instead of trying to figure out what to do with it, try to manage it and avoid it most of the time.

If you do not want your program to stop due to laziness over time, you need to constantly strengthen your motivation with positive tools along the way;  For example, think about your feelings when you have successfully completed an important task.  Recall some successful experiences in overcoming laziness and constantly review their positive results in your mind.  Whenever you get lazy along the way, do not get too hard and start again.