āIf a person canāt get out of bed, something is making them exhausted. If a student isnāt writing papers, thereās some aspect of the assignment that they canāt do without help. If an employee misses deadlines constantly, something is making organization and deadline-meeting difficult. Even if a person is actively choosing to self-sabotage, thereās a reason for itāāāsome fear theyāre working through, some need not being met, a lack of self-esteem being expressed. People do not choose to fail or disappoint. No one wants to feel incapable, apathetic, or ineffective. If you look at a personās action (or inaction) and see only laziness, you are missing key details. There is always an explanation. There are always barriers. Just because you canāt see them, or donāt view them as legitimate, doesnāt mean theyāre not there. Look harder. Maybe you werenāt always able to look at human behavior this way. Thatās okay. Now you are. Give it a try.ā
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ā āLaziness Does Not Existā by E Price on Medium
(And a footnote I didnāt see explicitly covered in the article: laziness still doesnāt exist when it is you yourself making no progress and not knowing why. You deserve that respect and consideration, too, even from yourself.)
