How to tell the difference between being burnt out and just being lazy?
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Laziness exists. It’s what causes me to not do my work around the house sometimes.
I guess I'll piggyback on the other comment and say laziness doesn't exist at work. People definitely have off days or hate their job, but I'd say pretty much all the "laziness" I have experienced in my life at different jobs usually boils down to awful work conditions, managers or bosses that don't care about you, not getting paid enough for the actual work, or general distain for your corporate overlords if you work for a big company. Some may call me lazy, but I'm working exactly as hard as I feel like they deserve when I'm 30 years old and still living in a studio apartment one paycheck away from being homeless. And I'm not gonna work at 100% when 100% of my needs are not being met. And I make more than anyone else in my family so I'm technically the "successful child."
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There's no such thing as "lazy". It's always, always, always a word used to make someone feel guilty for hitting a personal limit or threshold.
Even if you want to work on those thresholds and improve them, you can achieve that without framing yourself as fundamentally selfish and uncaring.
Genuinely well said.
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There's no such thing as "lazy". It's always, always, always a word used to make someone feel guilty for hitting a personal limit or threshold.
Even if you want to work on those thresholds and improve them, you can achieve that without framing yourself as fundamentally selfish and uncaring.
Lazy exists. I am a fully capable person, but some times I just don't want to get up off the couch and wash the dishes, or finish painting the wall trim. Its not that I am sad, tired or depressed, it's just I'd rather be doing something else or nothing else.
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Laziness doesn't exist, it's made up, there's always an underlying cause
Sometimes the underlying cause is you don't want to be bothered with the task. I am highly motivated to complete tasks, but sometimes I will let stuff slide because I can't be bothered.
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There's no such thing as "lazy". It's always, always, always a word used to make someone feel guilty for hitting a personal limit or threshold.
Even if you want to work on those thresholds and improve them, you can achieve that without framing yourself as fundamentally selfish and uncaring.
The difference between lazy and burnout lies in how much you trust the person not working.
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Lazy exists. I am a fully capable person, but some times I just don't want to get up off the couch and wash the dishes, or finish painting the wall trim. Its not that I am sad, tired or depressed, it's just I'd rather be doing something else or nothing else.
That's not lazyness, that's looking after yourself and your own needs, and prioritising that over non urgent chores.
At some point, the balance changes, and you do the stuff.
And if the balance doesn't change, and you always put it off, even when you shouldn't be, there's something going on behind it.
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Why not both?
If money is the only motivation, and especially if some part of the job is demotivating for you (maybe ethically speaking), then I'd count that as burnout. Remember, they can never pay you what you're worth, because then there'd be no profit for them to leech. Also, the corporate entity has no morality. It's just a machine.
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What a great way to learn how people interpret behaviors as "lazy". Intriguing....
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Take a vacation and see if that improves things. If so, burnout. If not, look for other reasons that you're lacking motivation.
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There's no such thing as "lazy". It's always, always, always a word used to make someone feel guilty for hitting a personal limit or threshold.
Even if you want to work on those thresholds and improve them, you can achieve that without framing yourself as fundamentally selfish and uncaring.
I think "selfish" is a better word for it in all instances, because some people are just selfish. Like, if you can't be bothered to return your shopping cart or pick up your dog's shit, then that's selfish. It's not anywhere near the same category as being too burnt out to do the dishes after a double shift, or wanting to sleep in on a day off.
Calling all of it "lazy" creates some imaginary obligation to the universe that simply does not exist. You don't owe the universe clean dishes or your time in the morning. If you have roommates and you left dishes in the sink, you are being selfish. If your kids have an early baseball game, and you are too hungover to show up, then you're being selfish. You are always obliged to return your cart and pick up after your dog.
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Laziness exists. It’s what causes me to not do my work around the house sometimes.
But what’s the root cause of your laziness?
I’m not being snarky - it’s a serious question. For myself, I’ve found that digging down to figure out where some of my behavioral traits are rooted is an extremely valuable and informative exercise.
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You don’t sound lazy from your description. The people here claiming that there’s no such lazy are fucking crazy though.
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It's burnout it's always burnout (or ADHD--which just makes you more prone to burnout)
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You don’t sound lazy from your description. The people here claiming that there’s no such lazy are fucking crazy though.
Lazy doesn't feel guilty about being lazy
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Lazy doesn't feel guilty about being lazy
Exactly. Lazy makes up excuses like “there’s no such thing as lazy.”
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Lazy doesn't feel guilty about being lazy
Sorry, misread your comment; "laziness doesn't exist" is a decent maxim to go by in the current capitalist paradigm. Any time I've "chosen" to be "lazy", it's been motivated by a ton of other external factors, and amounts more to self-care. Any time I've seen a person or a demographic accused of "laziness", the accusation fails to consider material conditions. I will acknowledge the possibility of true laziness, but do not feel it is remotely a common occurrence despite the frequency of laziness allegations.
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Exactly. Lazy makes up excuses like “there’s no such thing as lazy.”
I don't think that's intended as an excuse--it's reasonable when approached from the same mindset that defines racism as a systemic problem. Accusations of "laziness" are used to further oppression and exploitation of the working class; discarding wholesale the concept of "laziness" as a rhetorical device is a convenient generalization that can refocus the conversation on extant material conditions and the societal pressures around work and productivity.
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I don't think that's intended as an excuse--it's reasonable when approached from the same mindset that defines racism as a systemic problem. Accusations of "laziness" are used to further oppression and exploitation of the working class; discarding wholesale the concept of "laziness" as a rhetorical device is a convenient generalization that can refocus the conversation on extant material conditions and the societal pressures around work and productivity.
I understand but I get annoyed with attempts to skirt all personal responsibility. But claims of laziness are absolutely used to exploit working class populations.
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I understand but I get annoyed with attempts to skirt all personal responsibility. But claims of laziness are absolutely used to exploit working class populations.
I feel--among the working class folks I have known--that actual attempts to skirt all personal responsibility have been far less frequent than accusations of laziness toward folks who are just burned out by life and work. I do believe that laziness is a prevailing occurrence among the wealthy, but I do not see accusations of it thrown their way often. When viewed in this light, fighting the concept/usage of "laziness" inherently protects the working class.
I think anyone from hexbear who says "laziness doesn't exist" still subscribes to "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need", and statements made should be viewed with that in mind.
Anyway, I bear no ill will, I just wanted to share where the "laziness isn't a thing" folks were speaking from. Carry on, comrade.
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I feel--among the working class folks I have known--that actual attempts to skirt all personal responsibility have been far less frequent than accusations of laziness toward folks who are just burned out by life and work. I do believe that laziness is a prevailing occurrence among the wealthy, but I do not see accusations of it thrown their way often. When viewed in this light, fighting the concept/usage of "laziness" inherently protects the working class.
I think anyone from hexbear who says "laziness doesn't exist" still subscribes to "from each according to their ability, to each according to their need", and statements made should be viewed with that in mind.
Anyway, I bear no ill will, I just wanted to share where the "laziness isn't a thing" folks were speaking from. Carry on, comrade.
Yeah I understand. I feel like stating “laziness doesnt exist” though doesn’t help any kind of Marxist movement at all.
