βIf a person canβt get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isnβt writing papers, thereβs some aspect of the assignment that they canβt 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, thereβs a reason for itβββsome fear theyβre 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 personβs action (or inaction) and see only laziness, you are missing key details. There is always an explanation. There are always barriers. Just because you canβt see them, or donβt view them as legitimate, doesnβt mean theyβre not there. Look harder. Maybe you werenβt always able to look at human behavior this way. Thatβs okay. Now you are. Give it a try.β
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β βLaziness Does Not Existβ by E Price on Medium
(And a footnote I didnβt see explicitly covered in the article: laziness still doesnβt exist when it is you yourself making no progress and not knowing why. You deserve that respect and consideration, too, even from yourself.)
















