It’s effortless to be lazy, mainly because laziness takes minimum effort. Inactivity leads to procrastination, but it can lead to shortcuts when working on a significant assignment. While living on a college campus, laziness generally happens, especially when we’re tired from doing any task we come across. It also doesn’t help with having smartphones. I feel that majority of my free time, I just watch youtube videos, which can lead to procrastination if I am unaware of my time. Sometimes we can get too distracted over things we see as “entertaining” and not do the tasks that will benefit us in the long run.
For example, when we have assignments like a review from a book or article, we can easily cheat our way through and use sites like SparkNotes to get the project done quicker. I am a victim of using SparkNotes, especially when reading a long chapter for my next class. SparkNotes can be useful when you are rereading a branch of a novel, and it refreshes your mind on what you read, but I don’t think it should be the only thing to read when you’re researching a source for an important project. The same goes with movies or any kind of source of information. There are many sites where students (including myself) have used to finish their work quicker, which using those sites will not get you the grade you anticipate.
This could also apply to many other responsibilities, like doing laundry or other simple chores around the house. We instead just lay in bed and go on our phones the whole day, but that will not benefit us at all. Yes, it is good to find time to relax, but it’s essential to get what you need to get done first so you can just relax at the end of the day. As the day continues to progress, so does your energy.
Laziness can affect prayer. There are moments when you need peace, but instead, we tend to be on our phones scrolling through social media all day. Sometimes it’s hard to find time to pray because we can claim we’re “too busy.”
Yes, I know there are moments when we cannot keep track of time and get distracted over materialistic things we find interesting, but we need to understand that we have to overcome that habit and use our time wisely. It is easier said than done, but if we take one moment in doing something productive, it can lead us to keep that motivation for the rest of the day. For example, as soon as we wake up, we should make our bed, which will bring our day in motion. It also is good to set up routines so we won’t run out of things to do. What I do is I pray the Rosary in the morning, make breakfast, and go to class. That usually is the routine I stick with. It works for me, but any routine would work if you continue to stick with it. Overall, I do understand that laziness will never go away, but I do know how to manage my responsibilities so there will be time for me to get the tasks I need to get done so I can relax at the end of the day.
For example, when we have assignments like a review from a book or article, we can easily cheat our way through and use sites like SparkNotes to get the project done quicker. I am a victim of using SparkNotes, especially when reading a long chapter for my next class. SparkNotes can be useful when you are rereading a branch of a novel, and it refreshes your mind on what you read, but I don’t think it should be the only thing to read when you’re researching a source for an important project. The same goes with movies or any kind of source of information. There are many sites where students (including myself) have used to finish their work quicker, which using those sites will not get you the grade you anticipate.
This could also apply to many other responsibilities, like doing laundry or other simple chores around the house. We instead just lay in bed and go on our phones the whole day, but that will not benefit us at all. Yes, it is good to find time to relax, but it’s essential to get what you need to get done first so you can just relax at the end of the day. As the day continues to progress, so does your energy.
Laziness can affect prayer. There are moments when you need peace, but instead, we tend to be on our phones scrolling through social media all day. Sometimes it’s hard to find time to pray because we can claim we’re “too busy.”
Yes, I know there are moments when we cannot keep track of time and get distracted over materialistic things we find interesting, but we need to understand that we have to overcome that habit and use our time wisely. It is easier said than done, but if we take one moment in doing something productive, it can lead us to keep that motivation for the rest of the day. For example, as soon as we wake up, we should make our bed, which will bring our day in motion. It also is good to set up routines so we won’t run out of things to do. What I do is I pray the Rosary in the morning, make breakfast, and go to class. That usually is the routine I stick with. It works for me, but any routine would work if you continue to stick with it. Overall, I do understand that laziness will never go away, but I do know how to manage my responsibilities so there will be time for me to get the tasks I need to get done so I can relax at the end of the day.