Use Laziness To Your Advantage - The 20 Second Rule

The Happiness Advantage:

We're all lazy to some extent. And there's nothing wrong with that.
However, most of the time, it's those exact moments of laziness that make us overindulge on our bad habits.
We all have certain behaviours that we default to, and we tend to perform them almost on auto-pilot.
Those behaviours could be positive, or they could be negative.

However, instead of accepting all of our default behaviours, we should re-examine the ones that are not serving us and adjust them.
And we can use our lazy nature to our advantage here.
All we need to do is utilise The 20 Second Rule.

[syberyah]

Another strategy I've heard and that has helped me before, is to tell yourself you're going to do less than you really want to do. So like, if you want to go to the gym, instead of telling yourself you're going to go to the gym, which requires a lot of activation energy, you tell yourself you're just going to put your shoes on. And then once you put your shoes on, you tell yourself you're just going to grab your keys. And so on and so forth, until, next thing you know, you're working out at the gym.

[GuideZer]

"Let's be honest: we're all lazy to some extent, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's natural."
Thank God.
**closes video and continues to do nothing for the next 50 years**

[ai]

3:53 the 20s rule
8:05 examples
11:37 rewind
Conclusion: "Make your desired actions easy to start, while making your unwanted actions difficult."

[hodidebb]

There’s only one way to do things: DO NOT THINK.
You wanna do something? Get up and start doing it, do not consider doing it later or how much time would it take. Just start doing it. If you try thinking about details, if you end up thinking about the amount of effort it’s gonna take, you’re not gonna do it. The moment you start to worry and in your head “ifs” and “buts” appear, you’re done.

[finnbladehd]

"It's easier to make things harder rather than making harder things simpler."

[justinwentworth]

“If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got”

[aryanstark]

"Nothing would change if you wouldn't

[norbertfischer]

At some point in my life my normal laziness evolved into advanced laziness like a freaking pokemon. It's when you are so good at procrastinating and sabotaging yourself, that you dont even care if somebody else might be dissappointed in you.

[Khushi-bbuq]

"The cost of procrastination is the life you could've lived"

Now go study.

[downbntout]

As a former dental hygienist, I must say that teeth-brushing is nothing automatic at all and a high percentage of people never do it.

[denisreinoso]

Summary:
- Starting any activity requires an initial effort to start doing it.
- Increase the effort (for 20 seconds) to start that activity you want to avoid, for example put the control of the TV in another room to avoid watching it.
- Decrease the effort to start that activities that benefit you, like going to gym, you could sleep with the gym clothes on, then when you get up in the morning you are ready to go.

[ManishKharage]

"Make your desired actions easy to start while making your unwanted actions difficult" - I'm gonna get this quote framed man! Thanks a lot for the lessons❤

[jaxx-inspiregrowcreate]

When feeling lazy go for a walk or meditate. Much better then procrastinating or scrolling

[DerekBearzi]

I think all of us naturally struggle with laziness and procrastination. What works best for me is to force myself to get up and do something. It could be as simple as brushing my teeth or taking out the trash. Whenever I complete a bunch of small tasks, I find that building up positive momentum can make a huge difference with overcoming laziness.

[sacdaabdurhman]

“Everything in life is easier when you don’t concern yourself with what other people are doing”
Hope you have a good Monday 💜

[TDCT]

I have another 20s rule that works against laziness : counting 20 secondes to let yourself fully enjoy the unproductive but comfortable activity you're doing knowing that at 20, you must stop, get up and start doing the thing you need to do. That way you don't feel like you really stopped doing the comfortable thing because your brain knew that it was gonna end in exactly 20 seconds so it enjoyed it even more, but you're also able to move on to the productive activity.

[unknownperson]

*Video about being less lazy and more productive*
Me: Great, this is just what I need!
*Almost 15 min video*
Me: Oh that's too long, I'll save it to watch it later

[ryanhenrysalonga]

It's okay to put off the things that have little significance to us. However, some of us keep putting off the projects or chores that are the most crucial.

[QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Making mistakes is better than faking perfection.”
-- Anonymous

[nipunikakedia]

Dude. This is not silly. You are legit describing my life and mental struggles. I'm happy to hear I'm not a weirdo and other people also struggle with this.