Lazy is better than stupid

You had to be lazy for you own good. It’s time to embrace it and move on.

daniele vian
Aug 28, 2017 · 3 min read
Photo by Roman Mager on Unsplash
  • I got addicted to outside validation

Fast forward to college

A tough class came by. I realized that this time I had to study — for real. Sweat on books, all nighters and all.

What if I put all the effort I was capable of, and still fail?

I’d be a fraud, and I would be exposed. Everybody would see I wasn’t intelligent. I’d be ruined.

I was petrified. I didn’t want to even try. I thought it would’ve been better to say I didn’t have the time. Even better, go out at night, go to parties, get wasted.

Let the others think I’m some kind of dissolute genius. A wasted potential. That would be better than they thinking I wasn’t up to it.

Lazy is better than stupid

I’ve always been lazy. I hate being lazy, but I can’t help it. Why wouldn’t I stop?

Being lazy is a defense tactic

There’s always something we think we should do: a new opportunity at work, an important change, a new healthy habit.

But moving from zero to one is the hardest thing to do.

There’s always a good excuse not to.

So here’s what I learned

  1. Sometimes you’re lazy to protect yourself. Stop beating yourself up if you procrastinate, and try to understand the real reason behind it.
  2. From acceptance comes change. Once laziness is not the evil, you break the loop. One step at a time.
  3. Outside validation feeds the loop: everybody thinks that lazy is bad. You think lazy is bad because you want to feel normal. You keep being lazy just to feel normal when you complain about it. So choose yourself and break this cycle, because that’s the wrong answer for the right question.


If you enjoyed this article, I’d suggest one of my other ones, I suck at networking.

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dans

A personal journey.

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daniele vian

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I love non obvious questions. Husband and father. Co-founder of 2night. Hit me up if I can help with anything.

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