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Tips to become less lazy

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Bluegown · 23/10/2023 10:43

I’m fed up of having poor motivation and being lazy! I feel like in all aspects of my life, I am lazy.

In my job, when I WFH I become really lazy. When I’m in the office, if I have a task needing done I do it well and do it on time, but tend to leave it closer to the deadline rather than just getting it done straight away.

At home, I am lazy with the house work. I wish I could be the type of person who will do little bits every day but I’m not. I’m quite messy then by the end of the week I decide to do all the tidying and the cleaning.

I’m not lazy when it comes to the dog, I look forward to his walks and it energises me.

I’m interested in applying for a promotion at work and I’d like to get in to good habits of being more productive and motivated

Any tips would be much appreciated!

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Babynamessss · 23/10/2023 20:57

This is most relevant to house work I think but a tip I read on here that I shout at myself in my head if I’m about to be lazy is.. stop making one job into multiple jobs. Basically if you put a wash on, make sure you take it back out and hang it up there and then. Don’t move things to another room to be done later, just take it to where it needs to go now. If you were to set a timer to do things like the dishwasher it probably only takes a couple of minutes to do but you spend way more than that putting it off. Every time you split a job up you are creating more work for yourself at a later date, just keep going and finish it

peebles32 · 23/10/2023 21:45

CrochetedOwl · 23/10/2023 20:49

I do the timer thing. 10 mins doing something followed by 10 mins doing nothing. My dc laugh at me because at home my alarm goes off at 10 minute intervals but they understand that is how I manage things and I need it to cope.
Whilst writing this message my alarm went off so I put my phone down and emptied the dishwasher, swept kitchen floor, made my bed and took my make up off - all in 10 minutes. Now I have 10 minutes on here 😂 It may sound stupid to some people but it helps me to focus. If I am doing a ‘big’ job (ie sorting out dc bedroom or the shed or something) and I feel able then I increase my time to 20 or 30 mins doing and 10 mins not doing. But even if I just keep it to 10 mins I amaze myself with what I can achieve and feel good about myself. This solution might not be for everyone but it really works for me.

I do this too! It's amazing! I get distracted so easy so I set the alarm for ten minutes and get on task. It works!

CrochetedOwl · 23/10/2023 21:51

peebles32 · 23/10/2023 21:45

I do this too! It's amazing! I get distracted so easy so I set the alarm for ten minutes and get on task. It works!

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So glad I am not the only one 😀 it really does work and I constantly amaze myself how much I can get done in 10 minutes!

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