Don’t Give Up! Try Harder!
Ninja Bill just wrote a blog about lazy people and it got me to thinking about how lazy we as a society have really grown. Americans have got to be the laziest people on the face of the earth. Everything is done for us or handed to us so the incentive to work hard is kind of gone.
Technology is a wonderful thing but it has not only made us the laziest country on the face of the earth it has also made us the fattest. We have remote control everything! We don’t have to get out of our easy chairs to do anything. And now with the voice technology coming out we won’t even have to use our fingers to work the remotes anymore. Pretty soon we’ll all just be giant blobs of goo like Jabba the Hut, sitting in front of computer screens or Tvs. Our arms and legs will be useless because we just don’t need them anymore.
We have drive thru everything these days….banks, food, dry cleaning, convenience stores. Hell we never have to leave our cars.
And the schools! No child left behind! Kids no longer have incentive to work hard and get good grades because they’ll just get shoved thru anyway. Why bust your ass if you don’t have to, right?
I remember when I was little you had to try out for a team and guess what??? Sometimes you didn’t make it! Yeah it was a huge disappointment but ya know what??? I lived through it. You learned from the experience and came back and tried even harder next year. If everyone makes the team and everyone plays then there is no incentive to try harder and to try and improve your skills to the point where you can play. You’re just there because some bleeding heart decided it was too devastating for some little kids ego to handle. I mean what’s the point anyway. Everyone on the team knows you’re the kid that usually rides the pine and only gets in when the game is either wrapped up or your getting your brains beat in. And they always put the kid in right field, or some other position where he/she can’t hurt the team. Wonder what that does to their fragile little egos??
Have you ever watched the American Idol auditions? We laugh our asses off when we see how upset some of these people get when they don’t get picked but here is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. You see these mental rejects walking down the hall crying and moaning about how their life is over and how can I go on….well boo f-ing hoo!! HELLOOOOOOO…SPAZZZZZZZ!!!! It’s a freaking singing competition…not the end of the world. Hey spazzo if you really think you’re that good and singing is your life’s calling here’s an idea! Instead of going home and slashing your wrist in a tub of hot water how bout you go and take voice lessons and try again next year. Or better yet why don’t you go to college and do something that might really make a difference in this world?
It’s the same thing when it comes to exercise. Everyone wants to take the easy way. Instead of hitting the gym and busting their ass they want magic pills or potions that will just melt the fat away while you sleep or some other equally stupid idea! Even on here you hear people saying…I don’t have time….it’s hard to eat clean, or about a million other excuses. Well of course it’s hard…if it wasn’t we would all look look Jay Cutler or Monica Brant!
The part that makes me so sad is the number of people I see who starts to live a healthy lifestyle and then just gives up because it’s too hard. I’ve seen a ton of them just since I’ve been a member of this site. Well damn it don’t give up just try harder. Failure is a part of success…that’s what makes it so much sweeter when you reach your goals.
I could go on and on about all the things that’s making this country so lazy but it’s time for me to drag my lazy ass away from this computer and to go do something productive with my day.
Till next time…..Lift Long and Prosper!!
"B"
February 24, 2008 at 11:35 am
You are so right! By the way, how are you? I did a test on myself and found that my diet and exercise plan works and is good for my mental state! It is a beautiful day here and I’m going out in 30 minutes to take a long walk with my sister in law! Have a great day!
February 24, 2008 at 11:43 am
100% in agreement!! It is high time to quit accepting less. Nike could not have said it better…..Just do it!
February 24, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I totally agree. Well said.
February 24, 2008 at 1:16 pm
… and it probably will not get any better, because the politicians are falling all over each other to prove that they are the one who is better suited to make our bodies even more useless.
February 24, 2008 at 2:18 pm
LOL, loved the endng.
And I definitely agree with the fitness/exercise part - people are always asking me for advice and when I tell them they instantly make faces or say they can’t do it. WTF?! Then quit wasting my time!
February 24, 2008 at 2:27 pm
First of all…I used the tiny little, microscopic remote that came with my alarm clock this morning!!
And I liked it!!! It’s just too hard to reach over there sometimes….Oh, and I’m sending this message by remote control as well
February 24, 2008 at 2:40 pm
A whole world of Jabba The Huts. NO THANK YOU!!!
February 24, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I’ll admit that I can be lazy sometimes…no, no, no, seriously..me! But c’mon people! I was one kid that played out field cause I wasn’t good enough to actually play a position when I first started playing baseball!Now the sport bores me! LOL….and golf too. Anyways, I agree. There are too many lazy people out there. I actually talked to a person that told me she was going to make an easier way to go grocery shopping because you go to the store, pick out your food and put it in the basket, take it out at the check out, put it back in the basket, put it in your car, drive home, take it out of your car, and then put them away…..I stood there mouth wide open like,"damn, this girl is freaking lazy!" I told her I would gladly go grocery shopping for her at the low price of $50. She even considered it! If I had money to blow like that I would be buying more supplements! LOL
February 24, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Bryan,
You really struck a cord with me on this one… esp. the analogy about kids not making the team vs. just letting everyone on…We cultivate laziness and an attitude of mediocrity. What a shame… I laugh too when I see parents say great job when their child tries to throw a frisbee and it just flops….no…that was not a good job, rather lets say, let me show you how to do it right….. ugh!!! thanks for your insight!!
February 24, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Oh Jules we coddle our kids sooooo bad these days and it is such a shame. I firmly believe we should tell our kids everyday that we love them and also show them plenty of attention but to give them false expectations just to keep from hurting their little feelings is wrong. They need to know at an early age that if you want something bad enough…like being on the team….then you have to work hard to earn it.
February 24, 2008 at 6:11 pm
well said, failure is a part of learning not a part of repetitive failure. edison failed over 1100 times to invent the light bulb, when asked he said, "I didn’t fail 1100 times, I learned 1100 ways not to invent the light bulb" go tommy, well said there too. hey kids, if you don’t make the school team, it doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy playing ball
February 24, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Oh the kids, I make my kids walk to school and homw everyday. The school is only 1.3 miles away and atleast once a week someone will offer to let my kids ride to school them and their kids and seriously sometimes they offended when I say no I prefer my children to walk it’s not that far.One parent actually said to me that that’s not very fair to my kids to make them do that.I laughed!
February 25, 2008 at 6:31 am
Well "B" you know I agree 100% with everything you said! Lazy Dont Work for me!! The other day I had to laugh!! My boys went down stairs to play a video game…. after about 5mins they came back up stairs with long faces. I asked what was wrong? they said they could not play the video game because they lost the TV remote. So I said follow me (while Bitching about loosing the remote) I went down and turned the TV on by pushing the button on the TV…lmao They were amazed!! Hell I remember as a Kid I was the TV remote!! If my Mom wanted to watch somehting else…it was Worm….change that channel! Wich meant you got your ass up and went and turn the knob! till she saw something she wanted to watch…lol I’m almost ashamed my Boys were that clueless!! Oh I’m with you…I could go on all day…but hell this is not being productive…lol
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February 25, 2008 at 6:41 am
Bryan…very well written!! One of my biggest motivations to make the change was watching my mom constantly say ‘if i could just loose 10lbs’ which turned to ‘if i could just loose 20lbs’ which turned to …well you get the point….SHE constantly talked about it and NEVER DID it! I realized one day that talking was not enough!! You have to DO! You have to LIVE IT! You cannot be lazy and expect things to happen!
February 25, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Wonderful post. All true statements.
February 25, 2008 at 2:11 pm
OK, I have to add some more - Dave just told me he saw in one of those Sky Mall mags last week on the airplane, a water bottle you can buy - for $30. It has some kind of thing where you program your weight into it and it will tell you when you’ve had enough water for the day. Now THAT is LAZY!!! Shoot, for $30, I’LL tell you when you’ve had enough water!!!! Can you believe someone invented that???
February 25, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Great post Bryan ,,, I totally agree…
February 26, 2008 at 8:17 am
Don’t forget the drive through pharmacy. I hate the drive through pharmacy…"No, Mrs. Jones, I won’t go get you that bottle of Hydroxycut. You need to come inside for that. [Besides, getting out of your car and walking a bit might help it work.]"