Mindfully Lazy

Many times when I’m feeling overwhelmed by a project, I just don’t start at all. Just seeing the mountain of a task in front of me is enough to make me give up altogether. Of course, I would then reach the end of the day having done nothing at all — which is just all around disappointing!

At the outset, buying bulk seems like a no brainer. You’re probably going to buy them anyway, why not save yourself the trip of going back to the store and save in the long run?

Well, the thing with buying bulk though is that just based on human tendencies, the more you have of something, the more you’re probably going to waste it.

“I will always choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”— Bill Gates

Okay, I must point out that there is no substantive support for the claim that Bill Gates actually said this quote, but it does illustrate the point of this blog rather well, so work with me on this.