Many a times, you would have experienced people calling anyone lazy. When anyone calls anyone lazy it is typical mindset of everyone that he/she is that person who just want to sit idle. But no one would have ever tried to find out the reason of their laziness. In day-to-day life you meet different kinds of people; some people do a lot of activities while you find some people who don?t do that much work and these second types of people are the ones whom we call unproductive. It is not that those people don?t do any work, they do work but they give priority to the least important work.
You cannot judge anyone just by what they do you need to find the reason behind it. Maybe you should try to help those people. It might happen even you fall in those categories but as we all know every problem has a solution and hence here are some of the habits that make you unproductive.
- Improper sleeping habits
It is observed that if you don?t take proper sleep you tend to become lazy because improper sleep makes you feel tired and you tend to become lazy. An average adult should take a proper 7 to 8 hours sleep. When you get proper sleep you tend to become active and get filled with lots of energy. Over sleeping and less sleeping both are harmful. The causes of insufficient sleep are stress and even your constant phone handling.
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How to prevent it:
Make sure you don?t use any digital tools one hour before sleeping. Try to sleep early so that you will be able to get up early. Taking power naps will also help as it helps you to regain the lost energy.
- Unhealthy eating
People who constantly eat junk food are the one who tend to become unproductive and lazy. Food increases your metabolism and insulin level and hence if you don?t eat right food will promote in decreasing your health. Skipping meals especially breakfast is not good for your health as you get have the required energy to do work which you would have got after eating and this in turn makes you more sluggish.
How to prevent this:
Don?t skip meals and add healthy food items in your diet.
- Intake of caffeine
Though caffeine helps you gain energy but it also makes you lazy if you don?t drink it. Some people get addicted to it and one day without coffee can ruin their day.
How to prevent this:
Try to avoid drinking caffeinated drinks.
- Constant sitting at home or workplace
It is found that if you sit for long hours to tend to become lazy. It might happen that getting up drinking water become a major task for you.
How to prevent this:
Though at work place you might not be able to get up time to time but if you try to do all the works like giving the file to other employee yourself you will be able to experience change. It is recommended to stand for 10 minutes after every half an hour.
- Phone
Constantly being on social media makes you unproductive as you tend to be in that world for hours. it even affects your sleep and even blocks your mind.
How to prevent this:
Avoid using phones for long times.
- Excessive TV and Netflix watching
Like phones even excessive TV watching will affect your sleep and make you lazy.
How to prevent this:
Avoid watching TV.
- Hanging out with dull or sad or anxious people
As we all know that a man is known by the company he keeps and so if you be with dull people you will also become lazy and unproductive.
How to prevent this:
Stay away from such people.
- Not giving hundred percent at work
It is of no use that you do work just for the sake. You will be still counted as a unproductive member as you are not coming with new ideas.
How to prevent this:
Work extra hours to impress your boss. Try to come up with new ideas and don?t do monotonous work.