How to Feel Less Lazy

You’re not lazy, but if you feel lazy, that’s a problem

Jack Shepherd
The Startup
Published in
6 min readJul 29, 2020

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For many of us who do any kind of knowledge work, every day can feel like a new battle, not against the work itself, but against an inner voice that says that we’re being inefficient, that we’re procrastinating too much, that we’re spending too much time on a bad idea—that, in short, we’re lazy. On a bad day (or week), this feeling…

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Jack Shepherd
The Startup

I have a newsletter about crossword puzzles and a podcast about rom-coms. Formerly editorial director @BuzzFeed. Email: JackAShepherd at gmail