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There are a lot of people in this world who beat themselves up over being uncontrollably "lazy", and they don't understand why they've spent their whole lives struggling with something that seems to not even be a slight issue for most "normal" people. Please allow me to alleviate
some of your misplaced guilt. Laziness is most often viewed as a CAUSE, when it is really just a SIDE EFFECT. "A side effect of what" you might ask? It's actually a complex mixture of things that give rise to laziness. The simplest way to put it: it is the outward manifestation
of a lack of motivation to do something. I know that you may assume that bills and an orderly house and/or clean car are things you should *naturally* be inclined and disciplined enough to handle, but the truth is that these are not *natural* priorities, so they don't make sense
to you. No matter how thoroughly you think you understand the importance of these kinds of things, your mistake is in assuming that they are natural and reasonable priorities to have, when they are simply constructs of the illusion designed to keep you enslaved, so it's far more
natural to feel that these things ultimately do not matter. And when your conscious desires are at odds with your spirit, it creates a discord that you sense every time you do it, which reinforces a negative feeling around it. You can ease the tension a little bit by making a
conscious decision about how you want to live, based on a balance between what your physical self wants and what is most in alignment with your spirit. Then it becomes easier to recognize both why you dislike certain "chores" as well as why you have decided to undertake them. For
example, I hate cleaning and straightening up the house, but I also understand that a sense of clutter and dirtiness causes my wife anxiety, so I have decided to do it for her sake. Whenever I'm faced with the daunting tasks I hate, I try to focus on the reason why in doing it,
and I don't think so much about how massive or annoying the task is, but simply focus on the immediate step I'm on, and the reason why I'm doing it, and it's over before I even realize it. I'm still not a great house cleaner, but I have managed to at least keep it mostly tidied
up, so then the sweeping and scrubbing is less of a task. Sometimes I do things I hate, with the realization in mind that my future self will really appreciate the efforts of my past self, and I try to just keep focusing on how good it's going to feel later to be able to _______.
Anyway, don't be too hard on yourself or see your laziness as a negative trait you can't control. You only can't control it when you don't understand it. Know where it comes from, and deal with the root problem in a way that's most uniquely suited to you. Be creative. You're not
"defective", you just need to understand how it works so you can work around it. Unfortunately, we are stuck living in a world that doesn't suit us, so it's important to find that balance between doing the chores you have to in order to enrich your life, and just letting go of
the rest. Don't focus on all the things you want to avoid doing, but instead come up with a routine/method that allows you to focus on the things you want to do, while wasting minimal energy worrying about the minor annoyances.
