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How about the fourth kind of lazyness--not knowing what the hell to do out of the many choices available, so you sit around hoping the right choice will make it

How about the fourth kind of lazyness--not knowing what the hell to do out of the many choices available, so you sit around hoping the right choice will make itself obvious. It can turn into a very long wait.

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mikeg8 13y ago
That's more of extreme indecisiveness that turned into the first kind of lazy.
vishaldpatel 13y ago
Put all your choices in a hat and pick one. Your time runs out even faster when you lay there immobilized by choice.
orangethirty 13y ago
Pick one ad get moving. Nothing proves you wrong like doing things.
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DustinCalim 13y ago
we call this paralysis by analysis
ZirconCode 13y ago
I think you are in reality dealing with fear. I think the answer is to realize that you won't move forward if you don't do anything. Simply being scared that you will make, or made, the wrong choice is akin to a deer frozen in headlights. I wrote a blogpost on this a while ago, I hope it helps you: http://zirconcode.blogspot.ch/2013/04/deciding-to-loose-freedom.html http://zirconcode.blogspot.ch/2013/04/deciding-to-loose-free...
hnalias7 13y ago
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice". That Rush quote seemed relevant. I do this often myself. I try to make educated decisions which means researching all my options. Eventually you end up with "analysis paralysis". Being overwhelmed with all the choices and variables and the "right choice" isn't always clear. I blame this somewhat on tv and movies that always have the epiphanic moment where the right choice becomes clear and the protagonist knows what to do. We usually don't get those in real life.
- SatvikBeri 13y ago
  "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice". That Rush quote seemed relevant. Trivia: Rush were actually quoting Ayn Rand. It's entirely possible that the quote or at least the sentiment predates her too.
  - philwelch 13y ago
    While the sentiment is possibly there, I haven't encountered Ayn Rand using those words specifically and I've read a fair amount of her work. Can you give a more specific citation? Otherwise I'm fairly certain it was an original lyric.
eseehausen 13y ago
"Alas", said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into." "You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up. -- Franz Kafka, A Little Fable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Fable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Fable)

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mikeg8 13y ago

That's more of extreme indecisiveness that turned into the first kind of lazy.

vishaldpatel 13y ago

Put all your choices in a hat and pick one. Your time runs out even faster when you lay there immobilized by choice.

orangethirty 13y ago

Pick one ad get moving. Nothing proves you wrong like doing things.

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DustinCalim 13y ago

we call this paralysis by analysis

ZirconCode 13y ago

I think you are in reality dealing with fear. I think the answer is to realize that you won't move forward if you don't do anything. Simply being scared that you will make, or made, the wrong choice is akin to a deer frozen in headlights. I wrote a blogpost on this a while ago, I hope it helps you: http://zirconcode.blogspot.ch/2013/04/deciding-to-loose-freedom.html http://zirconcode.blogspot.ch/2013/04/deciding-to-loose-free...

hnalias7 13y ago

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice". That Rush quote seemed relevant. I do this often myself. I try to make educated decisions which means researching all my options. Eventually you end up with "analysis paralysis". Being overwhelmed with all the choices and variables and the "right choice" isn't always clear. I blame this somewhat on tv and movies that always have the epiphanic moment where the right choice becomes clear and the protagonist knows what to do. We usually don't get those in real life.

SatvikBeri 13y ago
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice". That Rush quote seemed relevant. Trivia: Rush were actually quoting Ayn Rand. It's entirely possible that the quote or at least the sentiment predates her too.
- philwelch 13y ago
  While the sentiment is possibly there, I haven't encountered Ayn Rand using those words specifically and I've read a fair amount of her work. Can you give a more specific citation? Otherwise I'm fairly certain it was an original lyric.

eseehausen 13y ago

"Alas", said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into." "You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up. -- Franz Kafka, A Little Fable (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Fable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Fable)