After a long day of classes back to back, the only thing I want to do is get back in bed and relax. But all I can think about is how I should go to the gym or the library to get ahead on my studying, or apply for internships, or do stuff that will benefit my future. In reality, when I get home I see my bed and I cannot resist laying down for 10 minutes (or 30). As soon as I lay down I open up my phone, and my motivation for all of these things I should do disappears. I have all of these plans and want to do all of these things, but then I forget where I want to start so I end up just staying in my bed and maybe picking up my homework and starting it after an hour of relaxing and I have no other choice.
I never really thought of myself as a “go-getter” because the lazy part of me always got the better of me. So one day, I was looking through workout plans for the right way to get fit, and my inspiration struck. I started pinning workouts like crazy, and learning things about healthy lifestyles that I never even knew about. I realized that I could do this if I avoided my everyday naps, or laying down for an hour, and just continuing my day once I got home from classes, instead of expecting myself to get back up and do it again after relaxing. I didn’t realize how much my laziness was holding me back from doing things I’ve always wanted to do. My laziness led me to be a procrastinator, and I chose the short-term benefit of relaxing when I could be doing something productive, rather than the long-term benefits of spending that time studying, or working out, or even just spending time with my friends.
So I decided that I don’t have to let the lazy part of me overpower the go-getter. Of course there is always going to be a little bit of lazy in me, ‘cause who can actually resist an episode of their favorite show after a long day? But I didn’t have to keep sitting in my bed and thinking about the things I wanted to do “someday,” but rather getting up, putting on some real clothes and doing something about it. I told myself it’s OK to be lazy, and there’s nothing wrong with a lazy day to yourself, but when it comes before doing something that will benefit me, how long should I be OK with being the “lazy girl?”
Obviously I cannot be super productive every single day of my life (that just makes all the lazy in me shudder), but I realized I have the power to stop thinking about all of the things I want to do and I don’t have to be an internalized go-getter. I can get things done and leave the lazy girl in bed.
