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=**__ Laziness __**= ===We live in a time of technology. We live in the 'technology era" some may call it. This technology we idolize as adults, and children, has come to harm us, not only in our wallets. It is causing us to become much more lazier then we once were. The more and more we sit, at a computer, typing away on whatever it may be, "from a blog to a major assignment due the next day" we waste precious time we have in this life.===

===Now I chuckle writing this because it's very hypocritical for me to say that we're wasting time sitting around, and doing nothing, because I fall under that category myself, and many others fall under it as well. It is because I have this experience with laziness, I have little insight as to why it's such a epidemic in the world today.===

===It's because it's so easy doing things the lazy way! Why do I have to roll one hundred and twelve pieces of paper for a hypocritical situation, when my family, and friends will do it for me? We think this way because it's to time consuming to roll all one hundred and twelve by myself, when I could be off wondering what crazy antics celebrities are getting into on twitter, and TMZ. Why do I have to do all my chapter packets, for history when Quizlet has all the answers right there for me? Because it's so easy. See the repetition there.===

===Laziness isn't just from our technology though, laziness has become human nature nowadays. Much like the photo above says, "...kicking the ice cube under the refrigerator is easier then picking it up." We decide to do things the lazy way in a ton of similar, and non-important situations, once again because it's easy.===

===But why? Why do things the easy way? As I ponder at that, I immediately said, because I'm lazy, but that didn't get me anywhere. There has to be more to this. When do we decide to take the lazy route, and why? From further examination, I've found that once we believe we have something better to do, and loose interest in the subject at hand we like to get it done in the quickest manner possible, also known as the lazies manner possible. An example could be when instead of searching the internet, or books for an answer, you go to the quickest route, such as in a friend, or family member.===

=**__Consequences of Laziness__**=

===Laziness goes hand and hand, with something we all know, and hate, Procrastination. Because we lose interest in such said topic, we set it off to the very last minute, just because we don't really want to even do it. An example could be when a teacher gives you all week, and weekend to write upon a subject of your choice, and you wait til the day before it's due, to get it all done, and you get it done, but it's not to the best of your ability, because you feel rushed to complete it before the end of the night, then you sob into your pillow till you fall asleep. because you know that (This of coarse isn't from personal experience).===

===Laziness also effects our physique, and mentality as humans. When you're on you're laptop or desktop, how often are you slouched over, staring at a screen without even noticing, and slouching can have a really bad effect on ones body. Also, staring at a screen for hours upon hours, ones eye sight may take an affect from it. Now to go back to the whole procrastination and how that effects our mentality, can be seen in one example, say you're up night reading, or writing because you have to get the grades in, or assignment in on time, and you stay up later then usual, and one hundred to one you probably lose sleep. This could really effect ones health, from forgetfulness (So if you're one of the students who stays up all night to cram study, you're doing more harm then good), to much more severe cases in depression.===

===But how could someone beat this evil? It's fairly simple, but very difficult. It's a giant mind game, within yourself. You have to organize yourself, then you have to just get in, and stay in, the mentality that you're better then this, and you can be on top of it all. Now, even though you can "win" this battle, that doesn't mean you wont have any "battle scars", that will stay with you your entire life, such as curvatures in the spine, from hunching over, as previously stated.===

=**__The Science behind Laziness__**= -By AsapScience

An interesting article I found searching the internet. It shows another side to the way laziness starts, and that it's all genetics, and how we have a "couch potato gene" in us all.
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