Laziness is associated with apathy and laziness.
Laziness is a term that comes from pigritia , a Latin word. It can be used to name the laziness or laziness that leads people to not put in effort or not carry out certain tasks that they should accomplish.
For example: “I'm not going to school today: I'm lazy, I prefer to stay at home,” “I don't tolerate laziness in my employees,” “In winter, overcoming laziness and going out is a real challenge.”
Causes of laziness
Every time a living being performs an action, it expends energy . Said expense is justified by the benefit , whether immediate or future, that you expect to receive in exchange for said action. If the individual prefers to stay at rest so as not to waste energy, rejecting the benefit in question, he or she will be said to be lazy.
Laziness can be caused by multiple reasons. Sometimes, it has a physical or pathological cause, which exceeds the person's will. In other cases, however, the subject is lazy because he or she prioritizes rest or leisure. That is why laziness is considered something negative, since effort and responsibility are values appreciated by society .
For the Catholic religion , laziness is a capital sin : other sins derive from its manifestation. Laziness is taken as a fault as it means that the human being does not take charge of his own existence, does not assume his obligations and only dedicates himself to that which gives him pleasure.
Laziness is seen as something negative and condemnable.
How to combat it
Mental laziness is not reflected in the typical picture of the person lying on the couch with no desire to do anything other than watch television and drink beer; This phenomenon is not visible, although it can be detected and combated. First of all, it is worth mentioning that mental laziness is not synonymous with not thinking (although both situations can coincide) but rather it is more related to the lack of initiative to convert thoughts into actions.
Let's look at some tools to reverse mental laziness:
- Laughter : a sense of humor is a home remedy that does not require material ingredients and that, therefore, we can all prepare and use as much as we wish. Its effectiveness has been widely proven in the fight against all types of evils.
- Practice a hobby : As difficult as it may be for some to accept, the brain performs more activities while we sleep than when we watch television, especially if we consume programs to pass the time . Instead of getting carried away by cheap entertainment, we can always heed that calling that we all have within us and follow our calling.
- Stimulate critical thinking : This is about doing something with the information we consume throughout our day, rather than passively ingesting it. Nothing better than filling ourselves and our environment with questions, which is how the great geniuses developed their theories.
- Concentrate : Dispersion is one of the most obvious forms of mental laziness, and it leads us to spend more time and energy when performing a given task. Although it is often difficult to maintain attention on one point, achieving it rewards us.
- Relating : contact with other living beings, as long as they are healthy relationships, benefits us much more than we think. It is through this point that we achieve almost all of the above and receive the incentive to leave mental laziness and live day to day intensely.
Sloth Band
Pereza , on the other hand, is the name of a Spanish rock and pop rock band that released its first album in 2001 and dissolved a decade later.
Its members, Rubén Pozo and José Miguel Conejo (known in the artistic field as Rubén y Leiva ), recorded six albums throughout their collaboration, including two greatest hits compilations.