Why not blame himself for laziness and procrastination

You promise yourself that you will not wait until the last, to pay taxes or to complete coursework. You postpone replacement of oil in the car. You tell the doctor that taking medication, but in fact no longer do this. You want the best, but your intentions do not coincide with the actions. Do you think you're too lazy? It is not, and here's why.

Good behavior that you do not realize

People - lazy creatures. At least, so it seems, when you see how many tips and techniques already invented to combat procrastination and laziness. But here's the interesting thing: there are many lessons that we are not too lazy to do.

Few people are starving because too lazy to eat or suffer from kidney problems, because he was too lazy to go to the toilet. Few who are too lazy to have sex.

"It is not considered" - you say and will be right. In a sense. But if procrastination is the exception rather than the rule, why do we feel as if the opposite is true?

The whole thing in memory, rather than the behavior of features. For example, do you remember a family trip in early childhood because my parents accidentally left your little brother at the gas station. Why do you remember this? Because it is a remarkable event, and something remarkable is easier to store.

Every day we do a lot of things that just are not remembered, because they are so familiar that they have become part of our lives. We're just doing what's right today, and what we think will be right in the long run. There is nothing remarkable.

The rest of the session, we will notice and connect them with procrastination.

Why do we put off some things and not put off other

Imagine that you are - that is the nature and you need to get the human race prospered. Some human behavior leads to good consequences, and the other - to the poor. Of course, you want people behaved well and there are two ways.

On the one hand, you can provide the human brain is a kind of computer that will make predictions based on the behavior. So people will be able to choose what kind of behavior will bring him more good.

On the other hand, you can simply hack the existing pattern of brain responses and to make good behavior brought pleasure and the bad - no.

Most often, nature chooses the second path. The limbic system, one of the oldest parts of the human brain (and many other), was created in order to guide the body to food and protect against risks. Soon nature knew how to use this system to compel a person to take actions that will positive results in the future. You just have to do the right thing nice here and now, the wrong must also bring discomfort.

Fatty and sugary foods are delicious, because in a world where the main thing - to find food and survive, people consuming more high-calorie food is more likely to live and reproduce. Our ancestors became our ancestors because of their natural inclinations and emotions, as a rule, served them well, improving their chances of offspring.

How lazy even less

But why do we still have problems with the timely payment of taxes, regular physical activity and intake of necessary medicines? Why we do not make these efficiencies?

Because the environment has changed faster than our brains. Pension funds, sedentary lifestyle, medicine - all this appeared relatively recently. From the point of view of evolution - just a moment ago.

It took very little time to the result of natural selection emerged a group of people to easily do what it takes to survive in our world. These features do not have time to gain a foothold in the genome and passed on to offspring.

But while nature has not caught up with technological progress, we have to somehow live with what we have. So, if you want less lazy, you need to make the task more attractive to you here and now.

This means that the need to minimize all the unpleasant moments that are associated with the correct behavior, and build a bunch of obstacles to the distractions.

If you are too lazy to regularly go to the gym, Try to make workouts more appealing. For example, playing sports that you like, go to the gym with a friend or during exercise listen to your favorite music.

Bringing pleasure unattractive elements in a class, you increase the likelihood that will bring it to the end. Though naturally without stress will power and extra motivation.