Laziness???

Question

How do you get out of the habbit of being lazy? I have lots of boring forms to fill out and lots of packing to do and various other things to sort out before I go to uni. I feel so lazy though. I keep telling myself I have to do it, but I just feel drained and am feeling a little down about things at the moment. What is a good way to get out of this dodgy patch and start sorting these things out?

Yes, I do suffer with depression and have been seeing a doctor and a psychiatrist. Is hard to get out of this rut

Answer 1

I feel the same. I feel too tired and drained to get motivated....you may have depression, go to your GP and explain this to them.

Answer 2

I think it is easy to get this way when you have more time on your hands. If you have an hour to do something you will get it done if you have a month you will leave it to the last minute. Ok so it still gets done but it hangs over you for the whole month bringing you down. I'm exactly the same.

I'm a great believer in lists but don't make them too long or too vague.
Set yourself 3 simple achievable goals for the day.
e.g Fill in 1 form ( in pencil)
sort out a pile of clothes to be washed for uni
Make telephone call to ....(whoever)

When you have done these you will feel a lot better.. you may find you have gone on to finish all your form filling,,,, then the important thing is to write them onto your list retrospectively and cross them out. when you check the list at the end of the day you find you have done a lot more than you thought.

good luck
PS only let yourself go on to Yahoo answers when you have achieved at least 1/2 your goals for the day!!!!

Answer 3

Can you get a friend who will keep you company and on task? Being depressed does show itself as "laziness" sometimes. I don't know if you have talked to your doctors about it - it seems like a weird symptom. (I had night mares, meant my prescription wasn't strong enough.)

And try doing baby steps - work on something for only 15 minutes then give yourself a break. It's better to get it done slowly than not at all!

Finally, even if you are not depressed, the idea of going to university is pretty overwhelming. You may feel like it is too much. Hang in there, just take it one day at a time. You will be okay.

Answer 4

Start small... don't tackle large projects, cut them down into smaller ones... don't look at it as "lots of boring forms" or "lots of packing" but rather just one form or packing just one room at a time. It all still gets done. Playing upbeat music when packing is helpful, as well as enlisting a friend that's a good organizer who can help keep you focused. Split up the tasks, so that you get one form done, go pack a room, then go back and fill out another form, then go pack another room. This breaks up the monotony and gives you breaks from the boredom, yet gets everything done, too. Hope this helps!

Answer 5

I would agree that depression could be a big part of it. I would say to look at ur history. Have u always been lazy or has this just started. Look at the amount of water u drink...dehydration fatigue. I would also look at fatigue issues with the doctor too.

However, u may be just plain lazy. Welcome to the club! We would embrace u with all our might, but it is just too much effort...LOL. I would look at creating lists to keep u on track. Some things seem so large we don't want to start. Do this: 1. Create a detailed list of what you have to do. 2. Give urself a time limit on each one and race to finish each one. 3. reward urself for doing such a good job.

Good luck

Answer 6

You may be feeling a bit apprehensive about going away to Uni. Have you tried talking to your parents about how you feel? Or do you have any friends that are also going to Uni, how do they feel about it?

The best thing to do about getting down to your tasks, is make a time that you are going to sit down and do these chores, and then afterwards give yourself a reward for doing them, like a big bar of chocolate or something.

Going away to University is a big step, but you can guarantee that every other Fresher you meet will be feeling exactly the same as you.

Answer 7

Believe me at your age you have not really lived yet and basically you are at one of the best times age wise you will have in your life and to be given the opportunity to go to uni(my parents told me to go out and earn a keep and pay board at 16) then you should think yourself lucky.Please enjoy it while it lasts.I am not dissing my parents as I got a really good career in the end but I would have loved to have been there!
You may find that once you get there you will find a new energy but you really should enjoy it while it lasts as when you have real responsibily like a mortgage and kids etc then you will wish you are back at uni!

Answer 8

Laziness is an attitude.

Change your attitude by considering your situation.

Think of the words you write as bunny rabbits. Picture the forms as cartoons. You now have rabbits dancing across a page in a cartoon.

That is a simple visualization exercise.

To overcome your "laziness" problem, fix your attitude problem, by performing exercise... in other words, work hard towards one goal, while leting the other goal fix itself.

Do some onjline searches for tao lessons. There are going to be tens to hundreds on a page. Choose the lesson that talks about a rich man becoming happy by paying a poor man to do what the poor man loves to do.

Answer 9

Make a list of all the things you have to do and by each job put a reward when it has been done , e.g. get suitcases down, reward, 5 minutes couch time. Tick each reward off as you get them and have one really big reward at the end of the list to look forward to. The hardest thing about this method of getting things done is getting round to doing the list, so ask you Mum or another member of the family to do it for you. Give yourself a reward when the list is done.

Answer 10

1. Regular sleep - the hours before midnght are important.
2. healthy, regular meals.
3. Regular exercise - @ least 3 times a week.
4. Regular chats with real friends - analysts are merely social masturbation.
5. Stop smoking.
6. No caffiene

Answer 11

No one will answer this question for you because they resent that you get to go to uni (probably on mommy and daddy's dime) and earn big bucks later. They will not give you an answer because they just hope you are lazy so that when you get into the real world you can do their packing, filling out forms and other minutia for pennies on the dime.