Kiwi Vee

Rod Serling: "Meet Natalie: A self-obsessed, navel-gazing scrivener born without a detectable iota of empathy or respect."

Me: ". . . Wtf dude I'm just standing here."

Rod Serling: "She thinks she's going to take her groceries home and relax with a good book, but fate has other plans today. Before she finds her way home, she's going to take an unexpected detour . . . into the Twilight Zone."

If a person can’t get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isn’t writing papers, there’s some aspect of the assignment that they can’t do without help. If an employee misses deadlines constantly, something is making organization and deadline-meeting difficult. Even if a person is actively choosing to self-sabotage, there’s a reason for it — some fear they’re working through, some need not being met, a lack of self-esteem being expressed.

People do not choose to fail or disappoint. No one wants to feel incapable, apathetic, or ineffective. If you look at a person’s action (or inaction) and see only laziness, you are missing key details. There is always an explanation. There are always barriers. Just because you can’t see them, or don’t view them as legitimate, doesn’t mean they’re not there. Look harder.