Anonymous wrote:Life is too short to be lazy. I don't like just laying around, I always have tons of projects going on, I work full time, I have two toddlers, I get 5-6 hours of sleep a night.

DH is the same, lazy people bother him.

Thanks for the support. You must be an awesome friend.

I want to be a morning person so badly.

So OP works, raises kids, exercises and cleans. That's not lazy!

Me

I actually read the term “low energy introvert” on here once and realized that describes me well.

Anonymous wrote:Life is too short to be lazy. I don't like just laying around, I always have tons of projects going on, I work full time, I have two toddlers, I get 5-6 hours of sleep a night.

DH is the same, lazy people bother him.

Of course you don't get it. Many of the posters here don't WANT to be lazy. It's hard to change.

Life is too short to be lazy. I don't like just laying around, I always have tons of projects going on, I work full time, I have two toddlers, I get 5-6 hours of sleep a night.

DH is the same, lazy people bother him.

Lol sounds like me.

But I also think I’m not giving myself credit for working and raising kids. That’s already a lot!

Sometimes when I have to microwave something for 2:00, I just press the 2 button three times and make it 2:22 because I’m too lazy to move my finger from the 2 to the 0.

#teamsloth

Team Sloth

I even tried Adderall.

OP, I saw your post earlier today and it's taken all this time to get up the energy to compose a response. I can totally relate. I don't know if I'm lazy, exhausted, depressed, unmotivated, or a combination of all of those. I'm a second grade teacher and give my all at work. I'm high energy and "on" all day. My classroom is immaculate. My home situation is different. My place is a mess. When I get home all I want to do is prepare a simple dinner and then veg in front of the tv. DCPS is off this week and I had grand plans to organize and clean my home. Well, so far that hasn't happened. I've spent a lot of time sleeping and watching tv. It's like when I have my "own" time I stubbornly resist being productive. I am hypothyroid but taking synthroid. I also have chronic pain (manageable) in my knee from osteoarthritis. I am so frustrated and mad at myself that I can't get motivated to take care of my home environment, and I really can't figure this out. What's up with the complete disparity of my work and home environments? I want to treat myself better, but don't know how to break this inertia.

I can relate

You might be depressed though

Thyroid medicine is the #1-most-prescribed drug in America. People who tend toward hyperthyroid vs. hypothyroid have more energy.

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HAHHAHAHAHA - look around, OP.

I know people that are smart, but lazy - one parents was one of each, and they acquired both traits. It's.....interesting.........

I'm smart but lazy. Whatever academic and professional success I've had has been because certain brainpower things come easily to me. The moment something becomes too challenging, I lose interest. Sometimes I think about how much more I could accomplish if I put even a modicum of effort into anything. After years of trying (uh, not very hard) to change, I've accepted that low energy is my natural, preferred state.

The real problem is that I'm living in a world dominated by high-energy dolts who make everything so much harder than it needs to be. I am absolutely convinced that success has very little to do with intelligence, good judgment, and strong leadership skills. It's all about having enough energy to steamroll through everything and everyone in your path.

Team Sloth for the win.

#teamsloth here too lol

And I agree it’s people with high energy who finish the race
even on top of their 1,848384 to do things that they accomplish
...show offs

Anonymous wrote:

HAHHAHAHAHA - look around, OP.

I know people that are smart, but lazy - one parents was one of each, and they acquired both traits. It's.....interesting.........

I'm smart but lazy. Whatever academic and professional success I've had has been because certain brainpower things come easily to me. The moment something becomes too challenging, I lose interest. Sometimes I think about how much more I could accomplish if I put even a modicum of effort into anything. After years of trying (uh, not very hard) to change, I've accepted that low energy is my natural, preferred state.

The real problem is that I'm living in a world dominated by high-energy dolts who make everything so much harder than it needs to be. I am absolutely convinced that success has very little to do with intelligence, good judgment, and strong leadership skills. It's all about having enough energy to steamroll through everything and everyone in your path.

Team Sloth for the win.

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There are meds that give you energy? What meds are these?

Well, coffee for one. But ritalin is a stimulant, also dexedrine.

Meth, coke, MDMA, khat, nicotine...

Bot interested in nicotine, caffeine or illegal drugs. Are there legal medications that give you energy?

I'm the "cocktail" PP. I take Wellbutrin and Vyvanse, as well as B12 and vitamin D. And I drink coffee. It gets me through the day. But I could take a nap right now.
Provigil/modanifil is another option. It's a different class than Wellbutrin (anti-depressant) and Vyvanse (methamphetamine-derived ADD treatment). My mom has MS and takes this because otherwise she'll sleep 20 hours a day.