We all have lazy days, but too many lazy days can turn into lazy weeks, months, or even years. Being lazy feels nice most times, but after a while you can start to feel bad about it because you’re not accomplishing anything. Especially if you have a lot of stuff that you need to get done, being lazy can be a very bad thing.
If you continue to put things off it can cause stress and anxiety. Plus, if there is something really important that you need to do and you don’t do it, well that can have it’s own consequences. Lazy days are okay but being a lazy all the time is not.
Sometimes you just have to get up and find some ways to get motivated. Here are some tips that can help you to stop being so lazy.
1. Open a window
Natural light can energize you. Think about it, when it’s cloudy and rainy outside people tend to say how tired they are verses when it’s a beautiful day people are more likely to get up and do something.
When you’re feeling lazy, open up a window or even better yet, go outside. The sunlight and the fresh air will energize you.
2. Exercise
Get up and move and it will get your blood flowing! Just a little bit is all you need really. If you overdo it, you will experience the opposite effect and become even more lazy, but with the right amount of exercise you can pump yourself up!
Do 20 – 30 minutes of medium intensity exercise. Do some yoga, go on a hike, swim, go for a run, take a walk, etc. The idea is to get your blood flowing without overdoing it and using all your energy. Regular exercise will increase your energy levels and help you to feel less lazy.
3. Find your reason why
When you’re sitting there not wanting to do something, give yourself a reason why you should do it. Sure, no one wants to clean the house but if you don’t then the kids end up getting hurt you have a reason. Or sure you don’t want to go to work, but you want to make sure your family is taken care of.
When you take a moment and figure out why your doing what you’re doing it will give you a reason to do it and that can be motivation enough sometimes.
4. Smoke sativa
If you live in a state or country where recreational or medical marijuana is legalized, try smoking some sativa. Sativa is a type of marijuana that energizes your mind and can help to motivate you. Different strands have different effects so find which one works for you. Some can help you to focus more while others can help you to want to get up and clean the house.
5. Get enough rest
It’s true, getting enough sleep is key to having energy to get you through your day which will in turn make you feel less lazy. Get a good nights sleep so you will wake up with energy. Otherwise you’ll wake up tired, hit the snooze button and feel lazy all day because you have no energy. Aim for 8 hours a night.
6. Eat right
You are what you eat and if you eat heavy foods you will feel heavy and sluggish. Think about how you feel after eating a burger and fries verses how you feel after eating a filling grilled chicken salad. Eating foods rich in vitamins and minerals gives us energy and makes us feel good. Eating foods loaded with sugar, fat and carbs makes us tired because it’s hard to digest. Make sure to choose foods that won’t make you lazy.
7. Get excited
Imagine a world where everyday you woke up excited for the day. Where each day you didn’t want to hit the snooze button because you didn’t want to miss out on something great. It’s possible. You can live a life that makes you excited and less lazy. How can you be lazy when there is so much to be excited about?
8. Just do it
Sometimes thinking about things is worst than actually doing them. We think something is going to be so hard and then when we finally just do it we are surprised at how easy it actually was. Instead of causing yourself anxiety and feeling lazy for procrastinating, just do it.
9. Invite a friend
Friends can hold you accountable and if you have a friend go along with you it’s harder to be lazy. If you are supposed to go to the gym and you don’t feel like going chances are your friend is going to encourage you to go. It’s harder to skip out if a friend is going to be there.
Invite a friend along for an activity you don’t really love or something you need to do and it will make it more fun and you’re much more likely to actually do it.
10. Realize life isn’t lived on the couch
As nice as it is to sit on the couch and watch Netflix all day, that’s not living. You’ve got to get out there and explore the world. There is so much to experience. Watching things on TV or seeing them through a computer screen is not nearly the same as being there. Get off the couch and do some of the things you’ve been watching other people do.