Letting Go Of Laziness: 7 Habits to Control Your Time, Boost Productivity, and Avoid Procrastinating by Ward John

Author:Ward, John [Ward, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: John Ward
Published: 2020-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

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PAY YOURSELF FIRST

Give yourself time to rest, zone out, and do nothing. These need to be

scheduled into your daily life.

That’s right – schedule being lazy!

There was a time in my life where I thought I had optimized my schedule. I

was working all the time. I had so many tasks I was getting done. I was

involved in extra hobbies and activities and projects, and I was doing so

much.

I was marking things done off my to do list and I felt accomplished at the end

of the day. This was great for about a week. After two weeks I was miserable.

I was absolutely exhausted. I was drained and I was questioning why I even

bothered doing anything at all. I realized I was not making any time for

myself. I was only focused on doing as much as I could get done, but that

never involved actually taking care of myself.

I wasn't relaxing anymore and I thought that was a good thing. I prided

myself on having very little sleep. I thought it was something that others

should also try to achieve. I was constantly thinking about how much more I

could get done by cutting out more and more parts of relaxation in my life.

Then I got hit with a pretty bad cold after about a month. I was sick and it just

seemed to never go away. I kept getting more and more tired and I even

considered if there was something physically wrong with me. I was mentally

and emotionally drained. All of this started happening because I no longer

took care of my own needs.

I wasn't spending time alone with myself. I wasn't giving myself those quality

moments of peace and solitude and serenity on my own. I was only focused

on doing things that made me feel like I was being productive. I completely

drained myself of everything and I was left feeling sick and tired all of the

time.

I was grumpy, I was annoyed, and I was always frustrated with people around

me.

No longer, did I feel good about my schedule. Instead I started to look at it

with dread.

I realized that getting a lot done was great, but there's no point in doing that,

if you're miserable the entire time. Give yourself time to be leisurely and lazy

and have fun and not do anything at all. These moments are absolutely

essential for our health. Without them, we're just left feeling completely

drained.

What's the point of having it all, if you can't even enjoy it?

Despite what you believe, what you've been taught, and what you may tell

yourself now, you are deserving of alone time. It is completely within your

right to have moments of peace and solitude where you don't have to do

anything at all. Though other people might have made you feel as though this

is not the case, you are allowed to be relaxed and peaceful. You are valid in

wanting to spend time alone and have those moments of solitude. If you're

not taking care of yourself in this process, it's not worth it.

Sleep

Getting sleep and getting rest are two things from different categories. It’s

essential that you recognize this difference and you don’t allow yourself to

replace one with the other.

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