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“Wouldn’t it be awesome if I could banish laziness from my life? Imagine what I could achieve if thatwere the case! I’d have a bikini body and would be rolling in millions!!”

It breaks my heart to say that it’s been more than a year from that entry and I’m nowhere near being amillionaire. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t made any progress, though. By a conservative estimate I’mat least twice as productive as I used to be earlier, and for someone who has been fundamentally verylazy all her life that is a BIG achievement.

Is it even possible to completely defeat laziness for the monster that it is? Holding us back from ourtrue potential, getting in the way of us and our biggest ambitions, and living life to the fullest?

Wow, big words. You won’t get to hear more of them going further into this post because one of my2014 resolutions has been not to use big-sounding words that are actually quite hollow. And nevermean anything. (Seriously, what does “living life to its fullest” even mean?!)

So I’m sharing with you some of the laziness-conquering tricks I’ve gathered along the way. Simple butnot simplistic. May not sound big, but are actually effective.

So here goes!

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Rewire Your Mindset

Way easier said than done.

Well, actually it is quite easy. It is the easiest way I know of conquering bad habits. (And yes, lazinessis a bad habit, a deeply wired bad habit.)

The only snag is that the results won’t happen overnight. But they happen faster than you’d suspectand last long; in fact, lifelong.

Rewiring your mindset involves giving your subconscious clear orders about what you want toaccomplish next.

As you doze off to sleep each night, and in the minutes immediately after waking up, keep tellingyourself calmly but with total sincerity, that you want to KICK laziness out of your life.

Sleep is an awesome thing, make it work for you.

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But don’t stop there. You need to gobeyond it and this next step is extremelyimportant — Imagine if you were alreadyfree of your laziness. What would yourdaily life look like?

Make a list (passionately, notmechanically) and jot down afew answers.

This is crucial. You need to be clearabout what you’d do with the extra energy and time if laziness were to disappear from your life. Wouldyou sign up for salsa classes? Would you do yoga every day and hence be fit and lean in no time?Would you write more blog posts? Would you have more sex? Would you learn cooking? What exactlywould you do with your day if you were not lazy anymore?

No wishy washy answers, but real stuff. The clearer you are in your mind about what you’d accomplishif you were on your toes and energetic all the time, the better your mind will understand how yourlaziness/apathy is holding you back and more willing it will be to kick it out.

You can’t just take something away; you need to supplant it with something more effective.

In this case, for your laziness to go way you will need to replace it with a solid plan as to what you willdo with the time and energy gained by your laziness’s departure. If you don’t, you will lapse into oldpatterns (laziness says hi!).

So to sum up, order your subconscious before going to bed each night that you want this bloody thing(excuse the language) called laziness out of your system, and then follow up with a long list of things todo – things that actually resonate with you.

Eat Naturally High Energy Foods 3 Times a Day

I hate anything healthy unless somebody can convince me that it will contribute to my already very vainimage. Meaning, will make me look better in my selfies.

One glass of green juice (doesn’t really have to be yucky) does exactly that, as my skin can attest.

However, one of its unexpected results has been the rush of energy I feel each time I down a glass ofveggie juice. It’s got to do with the alkaline properties of the vegetables mushed, I’m told. Whatever thescience behind it, eating foods that are naturally high in energy is an awesome way to stay awake thewhole day. They may not have the kick of caffeine in them, but they do impart a spring to our step,especially the juicy kind of foods.

I recommend a fresh orange when you are feeling too lazy to work out. Try it!

Oranges and grapes are great re-enrgising foods.

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Make Om Chanting a Regular Practice

There’s an app that can help you chant. But I need you to not just listen to the chants but actually dothe chanting yourself. Put all the distractions away (including your phone) and sit down on the floorcross legged, with your spine erect.

Chant Om the way it is supposed to be chanted, the sound beginning in your belly, traveling all the wayup to your throat and then leaving your body via your shut mouth. Only 11 rounds of this and one feelsa tremendous rush of energy in their bodies. It’s best to do this in the morning, pre-breakfast, so thatyou are able to approach your day with more energy and intent.

Make this a regular morning practice to start your day on the right foot.

Set Reminders through the Day

Reminders of what, you ask?

Of anything that you feel is sucking your energy away. It could be boredom, or just an I can’t bebothered with anything feeling that comes and goes during long hours at work.

You need to determine what affects your energy negatively. Is it a time of the day? A thought? Yourwork? (You’re in trouble if that’s the case.) And then set a reminder to do something that would stop thenegativity in its tracks.

I feel the worst in late afternoons. I am supposed to work out at 7.30 each evening but I do sometimesskip it because I feel too mentally tired form my job. The best way to stop that from happening, I’vefound, is to set a reminder for myself around 6pm. It’s just a basic alarm kind of thing in my phone. Itreminds me to check out a YouTube video on awesome bodies or listen to any music that has mepumping in no time.

When I do that I arrive home in much better spirits and look forward to working out instead of trying torationalise with my mind why I must work out.

In conclusion, I’d like to reiterate that it is all a matter of energy.Laziness is a lack of energy. So the best way to counter it is to do moreof those things that slowly but surely herald energy into your routine(and your mind). Do this regularly and without any great expectations.Laziness would cease to be a problem for you sooner than you realise.