Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly ...

What does it mean to be lazy? Are procrastinators lazy? I hear this all the time, "Procrastinators are just lazy." I believe there's some truth in it, at least in terms of the meaning of the words.

We are being lazy if we can do something that we ought to do but are reluctant to do it because of the effort involved. We do it badly, or do something else that is less strenuous or onerous, or ...

I have over a hundred pages of reading to do, an essay to start, an email I really should have sent like five days ago and some dishes sitting on my dresser that I ought to wash. Yet, I’m in bed ...

While it's true that human brains are intrinsically wired toward laziness and putting in the least amount of effort as possible — changing how we think and behave — it's the development of ...

So Christmas is about 48 hours away and you're not prepared because you've spent the last week catching up on "Glee" -- err, I mean working? No worries. It's not too late to pull off a miracle. And we ...

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Laziness isn’t always about a lack of effort; sometimes it’s a mirror reflecting avoidance, low motivation, or even survival strategies gone sideways. I remember a conversation I overheard between two ...