> "The antidote to the first kind of laziness— only wanting to eat and sleep— is to reflect on death and the impermanent nature of everything."
No, the antidote is boredom. Only eating and sleeping is boring.
The Three Kinds of Laziness
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#12One thing I've realized as we've gone from a group of friends to a company is that my 'to-do' list is constantly edited with items simply removed at the beginning or end of a day. I put things on there all the time thinking they're important, but once a day, I will re-assess and take certain things off so that the list does not bury itself/become meaningless. Productivity in my life seems to be a function of pragmatism and de-cluttering (both physical and mental).
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#13How about the fourth kind of lazyness--not knowing what the hell to do out of the many choices available, so you sit around hoping the right choice will make itself obvious. It can turn into a very long wait.
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#14Great. I was looking for the answer to all my laziness problems in two paragraphs. My life is amazing now.
Seriously, just because a self help article comes from a Buddhist Monk doesn't make it more credible.
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#15>> "You spend all your time trying to resolve minor problems, one after another in an endless sequence, like ripples on the surface of a lake. You tell yourself that once you've finished this or that project you'll start giving some meaning to your life."
This reminds me of another insightful quip from the Dalai Lama talking about Man -- "...he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."
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#16How about the fourth kind of lazyness--not knowing what the hell to do out of the many choices available, so you sit around hoping the right choice will make itself obvious. It can turn into a very long wait.
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#17Code complete also talks about 3 types of laziness, and how some are more beneficial than others.
1. Deferring an unpleasant talk 2. Doing an unpleasant task quickly to get it out of the way 3. Writing a tool to do an unpleasant task so you never have to do it again
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#18How about the fourth kind of lazyness--not knowing what the hell to do out of the many choices available, so you sit around hoping the right choice will make itself obvious. It can turn into a very long wait.
That's more of extreme indecisiveness that turned into the first kind of lazy.
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#19This simplistic 'snap out of it' ideology belies and belittles the very real issues of fear, discouragement and depression that underly much of what people berate themselves over as 'laziness'.
But "snap out of it" is exactly it. The person must make the choice to do, regardless of any array of fears, disabilities, circumstances, or excuses. No matter how real the issues, it still is a matter of choice. Skirting death can clarify this.
Do or do not. There is no try.
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#20You know you've done too much haskell for the day, when you expect this to be a haskell article. halfway through I realized, "What does buddhists have to do with haskelll... ooh shit my mind is molten"