The ProcrastiN8r Podcast

Cry. Let it out. Sadness is a legit feeling. But don't wallow in it too long. It's okay to grieve and go through negative emotion from time to time. But you gotta know when to be too lazy to give into the negativity. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701224937/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/sad

Time can be very limiting in determining what we actually do because it's a limited resource. Of course, you get to decide what to do with that time. Hint: procrastinate with purpose. It can be easy to get caught up in doing what we feel we “have to” do, instead of what we actually want to do. But don't let the work hard mantra get in the way of procrastinating and doing what you really want to do. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701224937/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/obligation

Getting old doesn't completely suck. There's lots of cool stuff  Live life as if today is your last day here. Take it all in. Life is too short to make a hassle out of it. Enjoy what you got while you got it. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701224937/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/old

Play to Earn Games allow users to not just play really cool games but also earn some profit. Here are the factors that make a P2E game worth playing, in my opinion: 1.A Fun/Addicting Game Loop 2.A Strong in-game Economy A Compelling Competitive Scene A Sense of Progression/Achievement Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701231406/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/p2e

There's always two sides to every coin - the yin and the yan. Society paints such an evil picture of what being lazy is about while ignoring the great benefits that laziness has to offer. To be lazy is to be relaxed in the face of whatever life throws at you. To be lazy is to to remain unfazed in drama or stress, able to cope well with it. To be lazy is to be free and do what you want when you want. To be lazy is to be efficient, finding the best way to do things while using the least amount of resources. May the force be with you.

Let your money do the work for you. It isn't really hard to set up an investment account and the benefit of a passive income isn't something to write off as nothing. The riches people in the world are nothing but lazy investors, who happen to put their money in the right place. Now you're probably not going to rhea that level, but hey, a little bit goes a long way. Earn more money bit by bit, without even thinking about it - that's the lazy way, Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701231406/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/investing

The fact of the matter is you are always procrastinating something. You put off one thing in order to do another. It's just the way things work. Procrastination at its core is not such a bad thing, contrary to popular belief. But it does depend on what you actually procrastinate on. That said, putting off work ‘til later isn't necessarily such a bane either. In fact, even the Lord himself tends to be a procrastinator. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701231406/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/always

There's this idea that in order to amount to be anyone, you have to have a plethora of fame and fortune to your name, Look, you don't have to be the star of the show, or even wealthy for that matter. It's okay to be the average Joe and do just enough to get by. Face it, we can't all be the exception. As a matter of fact, most of us are going to just be plain old Jane and that is absolutely okay. This whole notion that you need to be a big success to be a worthy person is all hog wash. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701234036/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/notahero

The crypto and stock markets crashed hard. Brr! Such a cold winter. But don't let a bit of a market tundra get you down. Ride the roller coaster and practice patience, the heart of procrastination. Relax, it's only a crisis if you make it out to be. Besides, it'll go up eventually anyway. It always has and always will. Maybe not right away, but it doesn't need to. Sometimes things just fall. Learn to take it in stride and don't work yourself up too much about it. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701234036/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/crash

Don't overstress yourself by pushing too far too soon. Take a step back before reacting to things; otherwise, you'll end up making some bad moves Feeling at rest puts you in a state of mind that leads you equipped to handle stress more easily and handle tough decisions more smoothly. It's okay not to be constantly succeeding. Allowing your mind and body rest will give you an advantage in the long run, which is what a procrastin8r is all abut. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701220708/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/rest

Move towards your goals nice n' slow. Go for slow n' steady steps towards something, not a big elaborate New Year's Resolution. A worthwhile goal is going to take more than a year, so don't stress yourself with such a tight deadline. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701220708/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/notayear

In this episode, we take a deep dive into a Play to Earn platform called Level-up Gaming. Note that the website has since closed, but I'm leaving this here for entertainment purposes. Full Blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701220708/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/level-up

The holidays allow us to embrace our inner sloth and do what we want, when we want to. The way things should be year round. The whole reason people are in holly jolly spirits during the holidays is because they actually get a chance to relax and be lazy. It's solid proof that laziness is the main ingredient missing in a better functioning society. Full blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701220708/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/homeholidays

Even greedy corporate companies let their workers have the day off. It's almost like a fantasy world we live in for 24 hours, where the work hard mantra is completely ignored. Christmas is a lazy holiday and it's pretty much the only acceptable day to sit around the house all day. Laziness is the spirit of the holiday. Full blog: https://web.archive.org/web/20220701220708/http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/christmas

Stop playing video games. They said. get a real job. They said. I've tried so many online money making methods in the past I've taken surveys on mTUrk. I freelanced audio production and voice work gigs on Fiver and E-lance. I've even taught kids in China on VIPKid. But nothing comes close to the profit I'm making with NFT games. I mean let me tell you a secret: I'm making more income playing games in a SINGLE DAY than any of these other online money-making methods, yet alone a "real job" had me earning in a full WEEK. Guys I am 100% serious when I talk about this. But NFTs are changing the gaming industry as we know it! With NFTs and the Blockchain technology, we're able to effectively verify that YOU own an item that you won from a game. It's not something your in-game avatar wears or holds. It's something you legitimately own. And just like anything you own in real life, like a book, instrument, furniture, whatever, you can buy, sell, and trade it on the market. It's no longer just "pixels" on a screen. It can now be traded for real fiat, real currency, through the use of the blockchain and crypto coins. The MetaVerse is building and we're blurring the lines between actual reality and virtual reality. This is just the beginning, fellow procrastin8rs. You can sit at home and PLAY A GAME to earn a real asset then sell that asset for money. Are you understanding me? Please tell me you follow. Okay, let me break this down for you, real simple: This is the lazy opportunity we've been waiting for! You can make money sitting on the couch playing video games. No need to grow an audience or following. No need to look pretty for the camera as you stream. No need to set up sponsors or affiliate links. You literally...just. play the game. Now I'm gonna be covering in-depth reviews/guides in the on coming weeks about some profitable NFT games I've been playing recently. Last week, you heard of BombCrypto and this time I want to introduce to you a little Play to Earn NFT game called Heroes and Empires. It's a medieval fantasy themed idle game. Even if you aren't much a gamer, it's very easy/semi-passive income. Just click a few buttons each day to do quests and battles. It's auto battle, so no actual skill or reflexes required. If you can browser a website, you can play this game! Read the full Transcript/Blog & Find Mentioned Links: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/heroesempires Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Well fellow ProcrastiN8r, the future of the MetaVerse is here. You heard good ole Zuck talk about. It's this idea of intertwining the virtual world with the physical one. He's talking about owning "virtual" property, which is already possible in games like Decentraland and Upland. This is done through the use of the blockchain to create NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. Think of NFTs as a unique item, like a shiny Charizard Pokemon card or a signed copy of Stephen King's It or the original painting of the Mona Lisa. It's not very easily replaceable and hard to find. Now in the real world, holding these items under your physical possession kind of proves your ownership of them, but in the virtual world, we need to verify data in order to prove your ownership. Sound familiar? Remember we talked about crypto/Bitcoin and how it uses this Blockchain technology to verify the fact that you own that cryptocurrency? Well, the same technology is now being applied to Non-Fungible tokens, unique items like pieces of art and of course, in-game items. No longer is that sword or pony just something you get in the game, it's something you VERIFIABLY OWN. Bitcoin itself is "fungible". One Bitcoin is exactly the same as any other Bitcoin in existence. Just like One dollar bill is the same as any other dollar bill. But now we can create non-fungible items that have uniqueness. That's the key word. Non-fungible means uniqueness. And this idea of owning items in the digital space is beginning to make waves. Already, collection toy companies like Funko Pop are offering NFTs in addition to the purchase of a real physical toy. These NFTs can then be traded on a digital market. Cities across the world are planning to implement NFTs in their future building plans. And this only the beginning. We're going to see the digital and physical world blur together more and more. With gaming already encouraging players to collect loot and unlock characters with no other incentive than bragging rights, having NFTs in game is going to shift the entire industry. No longer are you wasting hours into grinding levels or collecting resources in a game like Runescape. No longer are you fighting a boss over and over in hopes to get that one rare drop just so you can brag to your buddies or win some PVP. NFTs turns your game time into valuable time. That rare amulet you found in the chest? Yeah, that's yours now, not your game character's amulet. YOURS. You own it! Now fair warning, there is typically an upfront cost to get started with NFT games, and that may be a bit of a turn off for some of you. But honestly with new games running over $60 now and over a hundred for the "deluxe" editions, plus the system or PC you gotta buy to even play the game in the first place, even if you're not gaming with NFTs, there's still a price to pay up front. Thing is with traditional gaming, you don't earn anything back, but with NFT, you can actually profit off your game time. Like, you're going to be playing games just for fun or achievement sake, you might as well get paid for your time. I'm serious this is one of the biggest opportunities to make a living being lazy. You can literally lay on the couch and play video games all day and get paid to do so. No need to stream or build a following. No need to get sponsors or dabble around with affiliate marketing. No creating content on blog, videos, or podcasts. Literally just playin the game. Now I'm not a financial advisor. I don't have any sort of experience or authority to help you make decisions with your money. That's on you. Do your own research. I'm just a lazy dude with an opinion. Anyway, in the oncoming weeks, I'll be sharing with you some NFT games I'm finding to be rather profitable and today we're going to start with one called BombCrypto. Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/bombcrypto Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Go ahead and waste your time man. Ya know, we're constantly, and I mean constantly, moving on from one obligation to the next. We strive to make every single minute in our lives absolutely 100% productive...or at the very least we're certainly pressured to do so. Any down time, time to relax, or otherwise Leisure (the big "L" in L.A.Z.Y) time is seen as such a "waste" in this hard-working, achievement-oriented society. What are you doing, you lazy bum, sittin around doin' nothin'? Get your ass up and get back to work! Somehow your entire worth as a human being isn't tied to who you are but what you can do and what you can provide. Even hobbies and recreational activities aren't something we necessarily spend time on to simply enjoy ourselves, but to get better, become more skilled, gain more knowledge, develop better techniques. Heck, even vacation becomes following a freaking itinerary instead of taking the time to, what's that word again? RELAX! We book our vacation up with a plethora of activities and wind up coming back a week or so later feeling exhausted and in need of, get this, another vacation! Wasting time has a such a bad stigma in our gun-ho productive society. But there's more to life than just achievement. There's more to life than just goal-getting. I mean, how enjoyable can life be if you're constantly fatigued all the time? If you're constantly feeling drained mentally, emotionally, and physically, how can you ever be happy? There's something we lose when we transition from childhood to adulthood and it's this idea of playing for fun instead of playing to win. Being lazy, at least once in a while has its merits. Take time to ease on up and be fully and completely at rest. Do things to have fun or even for the sake of kicking your feet up just to savor the moment. Live a life of desire, not obligation. Abide and do your own thing. Whether that's bowling, playing video games, or just lying on the couch not really doing anything, don't feel like that's any sort of "wasted" time. While time is indeed limited, you can do with it what you want. Life is about what you manage to experience and enjoy, not what you manage to accomplish. Remember that. Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/wastetime Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Winter is coming Yup, that means it's time to hibernate. Stay in the warm indoors and sip hot coacoa. I hate the cold. And the only thing I hate more than the cold weather is the cold hearts of scammers. 'Tis the season for scammers to come. In the next coming months, we're gonna see a slew of websites, apps, EFTS, alt coins, and other programs that are designed to steal from your wallet (and your clock), taking your time and hard earned cash. Last week, I went over how to spot red flags on these scam sites and apps and one of the reasons I did that is because well...winter is coming. One of the biggest mainstream scams is of course Black Friday. I'll tell you what about Black Friday, there's more hype about the deals than the deals are actually worth. People will get excited about anything. Go run in a store and scream excitedly about how adult diapers are so super cheap! Guarantee you a mob will run over to grab that deal. People just get in a mode of "getting a good deal" that they shoot out any sort of rationality or logic, like rationally, the deals are no better than the normal discounts that stores offer throughout the year. But on top of these over-hyped sales at big retailers like Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Best Buy, you're also going to see these investment gimmicks and "innovative" start ups seemingly appear out of no where, like a magical snowman from a hat. Do your research. Look at who's behind the project, what experience do they have, what successful other projects have they been a part of, before shelling out your dough. I mean it. People are desperate now to get any sort of extra holiday spending money, so a lot of these new tokens you see on the Ethereum network or pennystock IPOs are going to be complete trash. The other snowfall of winter happens in the markets as a whole. Prepare for the stock and crypto market to slide down that hill in a one horse open sleigh. Around this time of year, there's usually a dip in share and coin prices. But don't panic. Don't worry. it happens. It'll recover around spring time again. I always see it as the "real" Black Friday sale, like "Yay crypto is on sale! Dividends are on sale!" Worst you can do is invest with your emotions. Invest with your money instead. Don't follow the hype train of selling shares (and coins) in order to buy deals of shit you don't even really want to buy anyway. Just relax man, and let your money hibernate. Do the lazy thing. Stay safe this season. Stay warm. Oh and stay classy too. Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/winter Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

It wouldn't be the Internet without scammers, would it? I mean it's like walking into a Harley shop and seeing people with tattoos and leather jackets. Shit just goes hand and hand. And believe me, I've been online money-making for nearly a decade now. It's now my full-time income and over the years and through my experience, I've certainly seen my fair share of scams. Admittedly, I fell for a bunch of them when I was an online money-making noob. Of course, I found several LEGIT ways to make money online along the way, which is how I've managed to quit my day job and work from home. I'm not rich by any means. But I make a decent enough income sittin' in front of my computer, essentially. It's not all a scam, though with the amount of shit out there,** it's easy to conclude "making money online is a scam". That's not 100% correct, buuut I mean, it's not 100% wrong either.** Look, there ARE a LOT of scams out there. Sites and apps that will waste your precious time or steal away your hard earned money. But I want to save you from wasting your time or throwing away your money to these god awful scammers. I want to hep you be lazy and not have to put in the effort of trying to make money online, only to earn absolutely nothing in the end. See man, I've been there. I spent hours doing surveys or downloading games for these apps that...let's just say...turned out to be a complete and utter hoax. I mean I don't know about you, but I HATE wasting my goddamn time. Like, IF, big IF I AM actually going to do something....well then I want it to be worth the actual freaking effort. I don't want to do all these tasks just to get no compensation in return. So, I want to give you a list of red flags I wish I had when I started making money online. Hopefully it'll help you know what to look out for so you don't wind up spending a lot of your own time TRYING to earn money on the couch and instead ACTUALLY earn money from the couch. Read the Full transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/scams Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/GKSpFANFKT

"The lesser of the two evils" That's who you voted for on Election Day, isn't it? Man, that sucks. I mean, I don't want to vote for ANY evil, at any level, EVER. I'm completely fine with NO EVIL. How bout that? You like that? Think about it, Dude, how corrupt does a system have to be for the general consensus to be "well, I just voted for the lesser of the two evils."? Excuse me but....WHAT!? How is that acceptable? What kind of Underdark society are we living in where we're choosing between Evil A and Evil B. Like how about a solid NO. The two party system is outdated. The tribal war needs to stop. We need real conversations with real people. We need to sit back, relax, and listen to one another. We need REAL PEOPLE to make policy, not fake politicians. Listen to each other. Not listen to the puppets of these figure heads backed by corporate lobbyists who are paying their way to put in policies that further their agenda towards profits or the media who only serves as an ad funnel for the same corporate bastards Jeez, I'm starting to sound like a political commenter here. I really don't want to go down that route. I just wanted to share my thoughts and feelings about the election process in general in today's blog. The focus here will of course be on the Lazy Mindset and how it's important to be lazy as your civic duty to your country. Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/election Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Are we really STILL working 8 hours??? It's been 80 years, nearly a century since the Industrial Revolution and Labor Movement. The tme in which the standard "9 to 5 grind" was set. Yet, still here we are, in the year 2021, following the same work schedule as our great great grandparent I mean WTF man! And you know something? It was Henry Ford, who initiated this sort of practice, during a time in which 12-14 hours was the typical "on the clock" time for you average employee. That's right he cut those hours down by a quarter and guess what? Productivity Skyrocketed! Huh? What? How? People worked less hours and produced_ more _results. They were being....lazy, at least lazier than "working" over a dozen hours, but being more effective. More recently through companies like Tower Paddle Boards in California recently cut their full time schedule down to just 5 hours a day, and it's become one of the largest growing retailers in the country. Like Ford, they found that their employees were being MORE productive working LESS hours. You see, there's value in Leisure, the big "L" in L.A.Z.Y. we always talk about. There's value in taking time off and relaxing. Fact of the matter is in the typical 9 to 5 grind, we don't have time to relax. By the time we start settle down, after doing all the chores and taking care of the kids, it's time go bed, wake up the next day, and start it all over again. There's no "me" time. There's no time to do what you want. There's always another task that must be done. And we're constantly moving around, being productive, doing something, rather than sittin' around doin' nothing and just enjoying ourselves. We end up binge watching Netflix only to get some sort of synthetic form of Leisure, but even after that, still feel drained. We don't get real free time. We get the artificial flavor of it. The weekend barely counts as Leisure time. It's spent catching up with friends, running your groceries, completing chores you didn't finish during the work week. No time to just sit and rest. The workload keeps growing and the wages, well, as we covered before, are just remaining stagnant. We're literally just running on caffeine at this point. Dead on the inside with our corpses trying to push through the next work shift. Fortunately, I know as well as you do that being lazy is okay. It's okay to be lazy once in a while, despite the stigma, despite the criticism, laziness is a good thing. You see, you would think that someone working less hours is lazy, and while that may true. because they lazy, because they have the time to rejuvenate themselves, they become motivated to work harder and be more productive. Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/8hour Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Well, fellow procrastin8rs did I say it was coming? Or did I say it was coming? It's the Lazy Movement in motion! We're witnessing and perhaps very much a part of a nationwide strike. All across the country, people are up and leaving their job, refusing to work. From factory workers at Kellog's to warehouse employees at John Deere to nurses at hospitals and cooks at McDonald's, everyone is truly embracing their laziness and saying "enough is enough!" People are done working...at least they're done working for the shit wages we've been offered for the past few decades. **The cost of living keeps increasing, while the wages stay stagnant. Meanwhile, you have billionaires hoarding up loads of wealth all for themselves.** All we're asking for is a more fair redistribution of that wealth. Some people (who have to be completely brainwashed if you ask me) claim that people nowadays are "too lazy." TOO lazy? Really. I ain't gonna say that refusing to work is NOT lazy, but are we really going to tread the waters of "TOO" lazy? C'mon now. Is it TOO much to ask to be compensated more pay than literal poverty wages? Is it TOO much to ask for life NOT to be centered and revolved around your job and have some actual FREE TIME to do things you enjoy, not just two days on the "weekend to be able to slightly, if at all, recuperate and get your energy back -- just enough energy to make it through another back-bearing hard work week, at that. The amount of labor they expect of us ain't worth what they're paying us. It's really that simple. It's not excessive laziness to say "I'm worth more. My time and effort is worth more." when you're barely able to pay your bills on time and put food on the table for every meal. It's lazy ENOUGH. There's admiration in knowing how and when to be lazy. Laziness is seen as such a detriment to society. Yet, here we have GREEDY billionaires building literal spaceships as a fun little side hobby. I'd say if anything, the bane of society is TOO MUCH GREED, not too much laziness. People only want fair pay. And hey, that's the heart of capitalism. Is it not? A FAIR TRADE between two parties. Fact of the matter is, the trade of labor for money is NOT a fair trade right now. NO DEAL! More and more people are seeing that. We're at the largest quit rate in history (topping 2.9%), and those numbers I imagine are only going to increase. Unless of course, wages are increased. The rise of the Sloths is here and we're going to win, as long as people hold the attitude of a true procrastin8r and say "you can't make me work." Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/quitters Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Well fellow, procrastin8rs, it's spooky season.  Halloween is just around the corner, lurking with a big knife! It's the time for fear! Fear is something that often holds us back from doing what we want to do -- goals we have, tasks on our to do list. We feel overwhelmed _by the amount of things that must be done. Or perhaps we're just _afraid of failure. Either way, you're a bit scared and remain frozen, unmoving in fear, refusing to get started or make things happen. People will often say you're just procrastinating. You're being lazy. But no, procrastinating is something you do purposefully. Being lazy means you are calm. You're not being calm. You're being anxious. You're sitting on the edge of your seat, not lying down on the comfort of your couch. You are hesitating, not procrastinating. Now, of course we covered the difference between procrastination and hesitation in the blog before, but I want to bring that topic up again given it's the season of fright and horror --  and hesitation, at its core, is fueled by frightful feelings of panic. I figure it's the perfect time to talk about it again. Anyway, what you may often write off as procrastination is actually hesitation. What you may believe to be laziness making you put things off 'til later is actually fear. You see, you worry. You worry about how things could go wrong, how things have gone wrong, how they will continue to go wrong. You worry about what people will think of you and worry how successful your efforts will be in attaining your goal. But don't you see what's stopping you? It's not because your lazy. It's because you're living in fear. You're imagining nightmares instead of your dreams. Look man, stop cowering. Stop hiding from opportunity. Stop running away from chance. I ain't opposed to sittin' around doin' nothing. I get that. I live that. I am that. But stifling yourself because of your own self doubt, uneasiness, and inner TERROR is something you gotta stop. Take a deep breath and relax man. You ain't living on Elm Street. You don't work for the Racoon City Police Department. Your neighborhood isn't Silent Hill. All the horror in your life is in your own mind. And no, its not Cthulhu visiting you in your dreams either. It's your own negative thought patterns that bring you such spine chilling fear. But you can "fight the demons" in your head, release yourself from this "evil curse of witchcraft." All you have to do is embrace your laziness. Really, laziness is the key to being cool, calm, and laid back at all times. It's the key to "surviving" the horror you face in life, whatever your case may be. Remember, if you are going to put something off, do it because you want to. Do it because you "don't feel like doing it right now", not because you are afraid of what might be lurking around that dark corner of the unknown. Take slow n' steady steps. Calmly move forward. Bring a flashlight if you need to. Always bring your own light if the path is dark. Don't be scared. Listen to the full episode! Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/hesitationhorror Subscribe to the Newsletter:  http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

There are two types of people... Those who "HODL" crypto...and those who have no idea wtf it is Man, cryptocurrency is an awesome source of passive income.  Literally just buy it. Then Hold it. Procrastinate selling it.  Wait for the price to go "to the moon". ** Now, disclaimer, I'm not here to give you any sort of financial advice and what you should do with your money. I'm no expert. Just a lazy dude who enjoys making a living from the oh so cozy couch, sharing his opinion. Critics will say that crypto has no "real" value. Hmm...sort of like shiny rocks in the ground, ya know? We're talking gold, diamonds. They're just rocks we put a mad price tag on. Look at trading cards too, man. Pieces of cardboard with pictures on them. Some of them sell for hundreds if not thousands of dollars for a single card. You could hold the same argument about those things -- they hold no "real" value. Human beings are attracted to things that are rare though. Fact of the matter is, just like gold or diamonds or a first edition holographic Charizard, Bitcoin is rare. It's a finite resource. There's a very limited number that can be mined then THAT'S IT. There won't be any more "new" Bitcoins added to the world. The ones that are seemingly "new" just haven't been mined yet... (Now, Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency. Just like apple is a type of fruit. There are different fruits besides apples and there are different cryptocurrencies besides Bitcoin. But Bitcoin is sort of the protagonist here, the main hero of the crypto realm. People may not know the word "crypto" but they sure as hell know the word "Bitcoin".) Quite frankly, I'm not sure if the value of Bitcoin is going up or the value of USD is going down. Either way, these digital assets  are worth hodling on to, in my humble opinion. It's lazy wealth building. I don't even touch it. I don't even look at it. Just let it grow slow n' steady. The price fluctuates a lot. A lot, yeah. And that's an underestimate. Believe me. I always say just go with the flow and ride the waves man. Up and down. Just ride it out. HODL!! Remember, you don't watch a plant grow. You just water it once in a while. Likewise, don't painstakingly watch the numbers in your crypto wallet sporadically jump from low to high. Just trust it'll grow to a big tree one day. Again, this isn't any sort of advice. I'm not a financial advisor, man. So take whatever I say with a grain of salt. I put enough information in this episode that I hope is helpful to both beginners and advanced investors alike. So whether you're still scratching your head over "WTF is Crypto?" or maybe heard about it but want to hear it broken down in laymen's (lazy man's) terms...or are even  already saying "to the moon!", I hope you'll find this new article helpful. Read the Full Transcript/Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/hodl Subscribe to the Newsletter:** http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Every invention. Ever. Since the wheel...has made mankind more lazy. Seriously. Have you ever thought about that? Innovation is fueled by laziness. Every practical invention since the dawn of humanity has been created with the premise of making lives easier. A microwave heats up your food so you don't have to pre-heat the oven or build a campfire for that matter. A car let's you turn a steering wheel and press a foot pedal to get around instead of trying to steer a horse or friggin walk for crying out loud. Washing machines let's you throw clothes in a machine, instead of having to wash it by hand. Every invention we've created as a species has removed more and more work throughout the years. And now we're on the brink of achieving the ultimate goal of a procrastin8r - not having to do any sort of work at all. You see, AI is coming. No, AI is already here. It's just gonna grow more and more in the future. I mean you may already ask Alexa to turn off the lights before you sleep or tell you car to heat up before you go for a drive in the winter. There are drone deliveries and automated cars. There are computer cashiers and even customer service chatbots. All the productive work in society can soon be handled by artificial intelligence. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. And I reckon sooner rather than later. We can all live a lazy lifestyle, not having to work. I mean, heck, there won't be any (human) jobs available even if you actually, god forbid, WANTED to work. It makes you wonder. Ya know, it always seems our value as a person is measured by what we contribute, and how do we contribute? Through work. Through performance. Through productivity. That sort of thing. But when all of the productivity is...taken care of. What are we left with? When there's no work left to do, when we've achieved the dream of our ancestors and gathered PLENTY of resources and created the means to do all the hard work, what are we to do at that point? It is my hope that we embrace our laziness, collectively as a society. My concern is that in order for that to succeed. In order for us to all just relax and say "the work is done. let's rest," then the rich have to be willing to redistribute their wealth. Otherwise, we're left in a society where the rich own all the resources and we have no method (no jobs) to earn any of those resources. Read the Transcript/Blog of this Episode: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/ai Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

They're baffled! Absolutely baffled! You remember how a few weeks ago, on Labor Day I said that business owners were celebrating the predicted end of this supposed "labor shortage" because that marks the day unemployment benefits came to an end? Well, guess what? Those job applications didn't come pouring in, as they would have hoped. In fact, people are still sitting on their asses, refusing to work. Hmm, it's almost like it's not the unemployment benefits to blame but their low ass wages that their offering at these jobs. Michael Lastoria, the owner of &pizza offered a $16 minimum wage and saw hundreds of applicants come in, in every single position the company offered. Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments saw his profits TRIPLE in the past half decade after making the bold move to raise the minimum salary to $70k a year. It's guys like these that represent the fact that people are not only willing to work, but be extremely productive in that work (and help skyrocket company profits) if they are given a decent goddamn wage. Like I said, we're done working for shitty wages. It ain't cuttin it, man. We'll sit at home on the couch all damn day, unemployment checks or not. At least until we're compensated fairly, and we'll procrastinate. We'll wait until that opportunity arrives. We know our labor, our efforts to get up off our asses, are worth a helluva lot more than what the typical corporate company is offering us. Yet most CEOs wanna follow the corporate protocol of exploiting workers for the benefit of the owner and shareholders. Our laziness is speaking loud and clear "If you want us back at work, pay us more". Point blank. Simple. I love it. We're seeing a national protest of procrastin8rs uniting together and it's great to be a part of it. I mean you figure, why work so hard just to be poor? It doesn't make sense. Best to be lazy. I mean, you'll be poor either way, right? Might as well sit at home then and refuse to work. Read the Transcript/Blog of this Episode: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/fairpay Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

I want to dive back to the roots of what this podcast was originally all about -- lazy online moneymaking! While that's no longer the focus of what we do here, there's no doubt that making money from the couch, putting in as little effort as possible is PART of the whole lazy mantra we're trying to achieve here. Free money is free money. Low effort results are low effort results. So I want to introduce to you a few apps that will get you to earn some money by doing yes, absolutely nothing. Okay,  so you do need to download some apps and sign up for them and I guess that is technically doing something but listen, that's it! That's all ya gotta do. It's set it and forget it. The laziest money you will ever earn. And I'm not about to tell you DOWNLOAD THIS APP AND YOU'LL BE RICH. Because, well...you won't be.  There's no passive app out there that'll make you rich, and believe me, anyone that claims there is is feeding you the smelliest bullshit you can fathom. But I'll tell you what these apps will do for you, they'll give you a little extra change for doing nothing, other than clicking a button to "cash out" once in a while but that's really about it. There's no "work" involved. No tasks to be done. No essays to write or projects to complete. Just keep it on your phone and get paid. Simple. Now I know what you're thinking. That sounds suspicious as hell. I mean what the fuck kind of malware are you trying to get me to download? Well I promise you that it's no more or less of malware than those social media apps you have bloating up your phone. In fact one of the apps I detail today comes directly from Facebook and it's called Facebook Viewpoints. That's right, Facebook actually pays you for your oh so precious data. And that's what a lot of these apps are paying you for - your data. Reklaim is another one on the list that analyzes which companies bought/sold your data and for how much, then gives you a slice of that pie. Your data is worth a price, might as well take a chunk of the profits. The other six apps I suggest are completely safe. I've been using these apps for years now and haven't had a serial killer come after me...yet. Take a listen Links to the apps mentioned: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/passiveapps Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Oh hey would you look at that! The government gave us the oh so generous favor of taking away unemployment benefits for 8 million Americans, on Labor Day no less. What a kick in the face, ya know? Telling us to get back to work ON Labor Day. Sheesh. Comes at no surprise though, really. After all, Labor Day was originally sort of putting rose petals on a pile of shit. President Cleveland approved it as a national holiday within 24 hours of ordering troops to slaughter thousands of labor protestors. Yeah, don't hear about that in the American history classes, do ya? Anyway, it's one more move in this ongoing class war to try and get us "freeloaders" back to work, kind of like rounding the slaves back to the plantation. You want us back at work? Pay us more money. Simple solution. In the mean time, we'll continue procrastinating and being lazy. We're done with the corporate bullshit. Look, there ain't any "labor shortage" or whatever. There's a shortage of billionaires willing to share their wealth. That's the real shortage in this country. People are willing to work. What they're not willing to do is be compensated with shit wages. People are literally walking out of low wage jobs mid-shift. They're embracing their laziness. They're seeing the value in minimizing effort and maximizing results. They see with these low wage jobs that the effort just ain't worth it, man, especially when the government can hand them an unemployment check that exceeds what they're making schlepping 9 to 5. The money's there. It's just not being shared. Read the Transcript/Blog of this Episode: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/wontwork Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

The world is full of d-bags. They demand having it their way, regardless of your (or anyone else's) feelings. They resort to passive aggressive comments to try and tear you down. They're flat out just plan ole mean. And the icing on the cake is that they actually see themselves as the center of the universe -- the world revolves around them...or at least they'd like to think so. Here's the thing folks, when it comes to dealing with these types of people... Don't let anyone fuck with you. Now, I don't mean to tell you to put on this "tough guy" mantra, who's ready to raise fists the minute someone bad mouths him. Nor am I saying that you should retaliate with any sort of bad mouthing yourself. I mean you don't bend to the knee to them or pretend that you tolerate their shit. You can do that in a calm way. You can do that in a lazy way. In fact, the lazy thing is to do what you want and you certainly don't want to go along with whatever this d-bag says. The lazy thing is to also not put in more effort than necessary. And trust me, it's a lot more effort to give a witty comeback than it is to just tell them to stop. Besides witty comebacks only lead to more drama and life of a lazy man is a drama free zone. Stand up for yourself. But don't push the other person down so you can stand up. Besides, that's exactly what they're doing. They're projecting their own insecurities onto others. A controlling person feels they lack self control. An insulting person doesn't give him/herself many compliments. A rude person isn't very polite to their own mind or body. Don't stoop down to their level. Easier said than done though, when emotions are running high and you just want to tell the person off. Just remember you communicate a lot more confidence, strength, and maturity in remaining calm in face of conflict than you do attacking that conflict head on with some harsh words (or maybe even harsh punches). The stronger person is not the one who shouts the loudest or hits the hardest, The stronger person is the one who stays in control of him/herself. Of course you don't want to "control" yourself too much to the point where you hold back how you really feel. That just leads to passive aggressiveness later down the line, with all those bottled up emotions. You need to be aggressive without showing aggression. Make sense? In other words you need to be able to be stoic in your words and actions without escalating things into a fight. Say what you mean. Don't tolerate shit from anybody. But be sure to use tact. Ah, tact. We always talk about that word - the ability to tell someone to go to hell and have them look forward to the trip. Use tact in your approach to address d-bags that give you a hard time. Anyway, we're deep diving into how to deal with the d-bags, karens, or otherwise shitty people in life in today's episode. Read the Transcript/Blog of this Episode: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/dbags Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

We regret a lot of things in life, don't we? We wrap ourselves in thoughts of the wouldas, couldas, and shouldas. If I did just this ONE thing different...then I woulda.... If I said just this ONE thing instead...then I coulda... I know I did this ONE thing....but I shoulda... One thing is all it takes to change the past, huh? That one line you said that ended your relationship. That one sell from your portfolio  that ended up going to the moon. That one job offer you turned down You'd still be with them. You'd be rich.  You'd be at your dream job. Wouldn't you? Life would be so...different, maybe even better, a lot better, if you did just one little thing instead of what you did. I'm sure you can think of your own example. That one single decision that changed the entire course of your life. We all  make that type of decision. And if you haven't, well then I suppose you just haven't reached that point in your life yet. You can most certainly guarantee that you're going to wind up making one small decision that has a HUGE impact on your life. You can almost totally pinpoint, narrow down, to the exact second you really, for lack of a better term, fucked up. And it's in that realization, of how what you did was wrong and of what you could have done, what you should have done, that you begin to think what could have happened. That's the thought process that traps you in regret. But did ya ever think that maybe, just maybe, the things you do TODAY, even just one small little thing, could have a HUGE impact TOMORROW? Look, in the past, you made the best decision you could at the time. Based on the knowledge you had and emotions you felt at the time, you absolutely made the best decision you could. So let go of that regret, man. Relax. It's all good. Shit happens. You're smarter now. More mature. Like a video game, you gotta battle through some monsters in order to level up. And you leveled up. You got better. You're more experienced now. You got past those monsters (even if you "died" a lot trying to beat it) Moving forward, instead of thinking to yourself "How can I change the past?" with all these woulda, coulda, shouldas, think to yourself "How can I change the future?" Realize this. Realize that you can change the entire course of your life by doing something small, something simple, something "half-assed" if you will. After all, you know it was one little thing that changed your whole life, right? Big moves don't happen without small, slow n' steady steps. The present is the future's past. So make better choices NOW. You can't go back and change what happenED, but you can change what WILL happen by focusing on what's happenING. And even if you still don't get it right, you managed to do your best, again given your current knowledge and emotional state. Not every wrong decision you make has to be your defeat. It's simply part of the learning process, part of reaching the best version of yourself. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/regret Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Silence is a virtue. Ya know especially in the age of Social Media, where anything and everything needs to be posted about. Social Media is the equivalent of putting up your picture on a giant billboard on a main traffic highway. It's an advertisement for what you've been up to...or at the very least the idealistic view of what you've been up to. Man, I'll tell you, Social Media ain't nothin' but a bunch of adults playing pretend, pretending to be some sort of SUPERHERO version of themselves, when at the end of the day, they're actually just...a normal human being. It's all idealism. People love to brag about how they achieved this or accomplished that all in the hopes of getting those sweet juicy "likes". They wind up doing things they don't like in order to impress people they don't like. People will spend more effort talking about their accomplishment than they do on the accomplishment itself. Worse yet, they'll celebrate how well they're doing when they haven't even reached close to the goal, yet alone on the bullseye. Procrastinate your celebrations. Minimize the effort you spend boasting on social media or otherwise, and use that energy to move slow n' steady forward. The sloth climbs the tree silently. He doesn't roar or bark. He just does his thing, reaching the top of the tree, the peak of his goal. Embrace your inner sloth. Move slowly. Move silently. STFU and make moves. Don't yell or brag about how much you're moving. Let the achievement speak for itself. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/silence Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Success... What a word. It's often associated with the type of car you drive, the size of the house you own, and the number in your bank account. But all of those are just...things. Things that really don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. I mean think about it. What are you going to do as you're lying on your death bed? Are you going to want to walk through your large mansion just one more time? Are you going to want to open your bank account and look at the amount of dollars you've accumulated in a lifetime just one last time? Are you going to want to take a joyride in your Mercedes just one final drive? C'mon now! Of course not. You're going to want to be surrounded by the people you care about, the ones whose lives you touched. And at that, you don't want a large audience surrounding you, just the few people that are close to you. See, the idea of success in society is so materialistic, but at the end of the day (or at the end of life for that matter), those material things dissipate and become ever so meaningless. I encourage you not to measure success on what you have, but on what you can give. Focus on a purpose, an underlying principle that drives you. Perhaps that's honesty, or maybe justice, or peace. Whatever it is... Find something that offers more value than any sort of dollar sign can ever be worth and let that determine your level of success. Success is a lot easier to obtain when you make it something inside of you that you're willing to give, rather than something external you're trying to obtain. Remember that. Success is not about working hard to get. It's about being at peace with yourself and who you are. it's about relaxing and embracing your laziness. My measure of success in writing this blog and recording my podcast is being able to provide value and insight to you, not so much the amount of clicks I get or sponsors that pay me. Numbers are arbitrary. Be the Dude and Abide. Make your measure of success simple. You'll feel a lot more happy and fulfilled. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/success Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

What if you won the lottery? Yeah. BIG what IF... The chances are are low. But what if you did so happen to actually win that goddamn mega million jackpot, huh? What would you do with all that cash? Now, if your answer is something along the lines of "pay off this" or "invest in that", I'm guessing you're not really one to purchase lottery tickets in the first place, which is good. On the other hand, if the first thing that comes to mind when asked that question is some type of car or house at a certain beach or city or some other THING, I'm guessing you haven't purchased just one lottery ticket in the past. Look, I'm gonna be straight with you, lottery tickets aren't worth it, man. They exploit the poor and middle class, with a false hope of making it rich. It's kind of a tax if you think about, because all that money goes directly to the government. And believe me, they make BILLIONS (with a B) off lottery ticket sales. The prizes they give out are just a fraction of what they're earning in revenue. Speaking of fractions. Do you the chance of winning a typical 6 number draw lottery? Do you know the fraction. 1 in 10,000? 1 in 700,000? Try 1 in 14 million. Yeah, you have an equal chance to save the universe from Thanos. What's crazy is that MOST lottery winners wind up broke and on the streets in as little as a few months. And when I say most I'm not just talking 51% or a low margin majority like that. I'm talking 70%! Yeah, 70% of the mofos who win the lottery splurge every last goddamn cent they won. It's better to put your money elsewhere, somewhere, I don't know, actually profitable! I know, it's tempting to believe in the fantasy of unicorns and rainbows and winning hundreds of millions of dollars over night, but the reality is, that's just not gonna happen. Statistically speaking of course. To be fair, winning the lottery seems like one of the LAZIEST ways to get rich. And for all intents and purposes, I'd say buying a cheap little piece of paper that makes you a multi-millionaire is most certainly a low effort way to earn a fat stack. Thing is though, you're likely just throwing that money away. And money is always better off earning you more money than being spent. When you buy a lottery ticket, you are SPENDING money. You can kiss those dollar bills goodbye, because you won't be seeing it, yet alone the millions you HOPE to obtain through your purchase. Take it slow, like a sloth. Invest in things like the stock market or even crypto to build your welath at a steady rate. Sure, it'd be nice an all to get rich quick, but the odds are stacked hard against you, and like I said, you're likely just wasting money rather than investing it to earn  fortune. The money you spend on the lottery could be put into an investment account and despite how little you'd earn compared to the multi million jackpot, it's still something. You'll probably (as in it is very, very extremely probable) get absolute NOTHING from the purchase of your lottery ticket; whereas with an investment, even a small margin profit is still MORE money than you initially put in. Anyway, there's a better chance you'll find something of value in this podcast than winning the lottery so go ahead and listen! Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/lottery Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

No doubt, procrastination is something I always condone. But you have to realize that there's a difference. There's a difference between that and hesitation. See, when you procrastinate you want to do something later. When you hesitate though you want to do something now, but just don't. Hesitation is fueled by insecurity. It's locking yourself in the perma-mode of thinking: I can't or I won't. You doubt yourself and your own abilities. Procrastination, on the other hand, is the pure confidence that you can in fact do it. You're just putting it off...til later! When you're putting something off, I mean really refusing to do it, you have to ask yourself: am I hesitating right now or just procrastinating? Ask yourself if you find yourself in doubt or in confidence. Do you think you really could do it? Or are you not really sure? It's a matter of what's holding you back. Is it a bit of apprehension or are you genuinely just not in the mood to do it? See, hesitation stems from fear -- fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of fucking up. Whereas procrastination stems from decisiveness. It's "I'm not doing that right now" as opposed to "I don't know if I could really ever make that happen so i won't do it now." You have to look at the fundamental motivation behind your decision to delay your goal or task at hand. If you find yourself hesitating (instead of procrastinating), then you have to realize that you're focusing too much on negative thoughts. Take the attitude of a procrastinator. Take the attitude of "eventually". Eventually it can and will happen. Stop hesitating. Stop doubting yourself. You're better than that. I don't doubt you. Don't do that to yourself, man. Look, the amount of time you spend beating yourself up over one thing or another is time you could spend moving forward slow n' steady, one step at a time. There's a difference between being lazy and being insecure. You have to take notice to why you're not doing things. Is it because you're legitimately saving it 'til later or is there some sort of mental blockage that's preventing you from moving forward. Why are you waiting on something? I'm not saying you shouldn't wait and just go do it. You can get that sort of advice from your other life coaches. What I am saying though is that if you are going to wait, if you are going to put something off, then do so for the right reason, do it for a good reason. The right reason is certainly not because you don't think you have it in you. The right reason is definitely not anywhere close to "I can't." The right reason is somewhere along the lines of "I'm leveling up, evolving, and I'm getting there." Procrastination is forward-thinking. Hesitation is holding yourself back for no other reason than to stifle yourself in fear. Don't hesitate and listen to this full episode! Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/hesitation Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

No doubt, procrastination is something I always condone. But you have to realize that there's a difference. There's a difference between that and hesitation. See, when you procrastinate you want to do something later. When you hesitate though you want to do something now, but just don't. Hesitation is fueled by insecurity. It's locking yourself in the perma-mode of thinking: I can't or I won't. You doubt yourself and your own abilities. Procrastination, on the other hand, is the pure confidence that you can in fact do it. You're just putting it off...til later! When you're putting something off, I mean really refusing to do it, you have to ask yourself: am I hesitating right now or just procrastinating? Ask yourself if you find yourself in doubt or in confidence. Do you think you really could do it? Or are you not really sure? It's a matter of what's holding you back. Is it a bit of apprehension or are you genuinely just not in the mood to do it? See, hesitation stems from fear -- fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of fucking up. Whereas procrastination stems from decisiveness. It's "I'm not doing that right now" as opposed to "I don't know if I could really ever make that happen so i won't do it now." You have to look at the fundamental motivation behind your decision to delay your goal or task at hand. If you find yourself hesitating (instead of procrastinating), then you have to realize that you're focusing too much on negative thoughts. Take the attitude of a procrastinator. Take the attitude of "eventually". Eventually it can and will happen. Stop hesitating. Stop doubting yourself. You're better than that. I don't doubt you. Don't do that to yourself, man. Look, the amount of time you spend beating yourself up over one thing or another is time you could spend moving forward slow n' steady, one step at a time. There's a difference between being lazy and being insecure. You have to take notice to why you're not doing things. Is it because you're legitimately saving it 'til later or is there some sort of mental blockage that's preventing you from moving forward. Why are you waiting on something? I'm not saying you shouldn't wait and just go do it. You can get that sort of advice from your other life coaches. What I am saying though is that if you are going to wait, if you are going to put something off, then do so for the right reason, do it for a good reason. The right reason is certainly not because you don't think you have it in you. The right reason is definitely not anywhere close to "I can't." The right reason is somewhere along the lines of "I'm leveling up, evolving, and I'm getting there." Procrastination is forward-thinking. Hesitation is holding yourself back for no other reason than to stifle yourself in fear. Don't hesitate now and listen to this episode! ---- Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/hesitation Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Arguing is stressful. It's a lot of emotional and mental effort to deal with. It turns an otherwise slight disagreement into a huge dramatic event. It morphs a small irritation into an overwhelming vocal battle. Needless to say, it's not the lazy way to cause an argument in any sort of way. Arguing accomplishes absolutely nothing and leaves the both of you involved absolutely drained, complete with a headache and pain in your neck. That's not minimizing effort and maximizing results at all. That's NOT lazy. That's giving you shit results for a whole lotta effort, man. You gotta take it easy in life and never argue with anyone. You gotta keep it cool and calm. Be lazy when it comes to disagreements. Of course, conflict is inevitable. I mean, face it, people aren't always going to agree with you or go along with what you say. Whether it's a roommate, significant other, family member, friend, or neighbor, there is going to be somebody (or maybe even sombodies) who don't quite see eye to eye with you over one thing or another. We're talking about different people here. Different people with different backgrounds and different sets of beliefs. These differences inevitably bring about conflict. Maybe your roommate likes to blast loud music early in the morning, while you're not a morning person at all. Maybe your significant other expects you to text back immediately, but you have the mindset that you'll text back “eventually”. Maybe your friend wants to go out clubbing, but you'd rather just sit inside and play video games. Everybody is just a Dude with an opinion, man. We all have different likes, wants, needs, and thoughts. But just because someone's worldview is completely different than yours, doesn't mean you have to escalate it into an argument. I mean, certainly, there is going to be conflict the moment you even think to yourself “I don't agree with that,” but there's a fine line between conflict and drama. See, conflict is simply recognizing the fact that a difference of opinion exists; while drama is intensifying that difference to the point where there's animosity and a hostile environment. Naturally, the lazy man's life is a drama free zone, because the lazy man lives in an environment of peace and relaxation. After all, there shouldn't be much, if anything, that can “shake him out of bed”, so to speak or get him “worked up.” Getting worked up is nothing but extra work and work is the very opposite of being lazy. There is a way to address conflict without turning it into drama. There is a way to discuss issues, without it leading to an argument. And these are things you must know how to do if you truly want to embrace your laziness. So today, we're going to take a look at what exactly an argument is and how to avoid getting into one, so you can continue to remain cool, calm, and laid back at all times. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/argue Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Busy, Busy, Busy. We're all busy bees. Doing one thing after another. Constant. Nonstop. Hell isn't fire and flames. Hell is an eternal loop of errand running. It's torture to put yourself through that, to make yourself busy all the time. Never taking the time to relax. Never taking the time to...live. Just always bouncing about from one task to the next. But c'mon, let's be real here. You're not that busy. I mean sure you want to look busy in front of your peers, but are you? Really? Ya know, "busyness" is so sought after in this society to the point where we value being busy over being happy. Do things to "unbusy" yourself. Do things to relax. Take it easy once in a while, ya know? I'm not saying don't be productive. I'm not saying don't achieve anything. In fact, I'd reckon anything you do do should be achievement-oriented. If you are gonna actually get off your ass, then it should be a worthwhile thing to do. I'm just saying, don't do things just for the sake of doing things. Don't be busy just for the sake of being busy. Focus on doing just a few things and stop wearing yourself out to try and do it all. Do just enough. Nothing more. Embrace your laziness. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/busy Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Hey I know things are probably pretty stressful right now... You're going through some shit. You're slapped with one dilemma after another. BAM! BAM! It's like nonstop stressors pummeling you to oblivion. But the least you could do, despite all this shit going on, is not worry about it. The least you can do is relax. Now, relax. What do I mean when I say that? Do I mean go lie down on the couch and take a nap? Maybe sit by the beach and listen to the ocean waves crash? Well, I'm not opposed to any of  that, certainly. But, what I mean when I say "relax" is to enter a place of mind where you feel fully at peace. Relaxing is not something you do, rather it's something you think. It's a mental frame. Thing is,the outside world can be brutal and chaotic, but the inner world can be tranquil and serene while all that's going on. To relax is to feel calm, regardless of the outer turmoil. Now I get it. You're probably thinking "okay how the hell do I just go and relax dude? Shit's pretty crazy right now." Well, let's go back to that beach. I want you to imagine the warm sand in between your toes. Hear the waves lightly crash on the shore. Feel the rays of the sun gently caress your body. I want you to be in that moment. Imagine it.  I want to feel it. Breathe deeply. Be at the shore. Focus on the feeling of being there. Not what's worrying you, not what you have to do. Just be at the beach, in your head. Focus on what it feels like to be fully and completely relaxed. See, if you want to be able to relax among the chaos, you must familiarize yourself with what it actually feels like to be at that point of calm and peace. Knowing that feeling, really becoming close friends with it, will allow you to bring that feeling to mind "on cue." The more you do things (or otherwise imagine yourself doing things) that are relaxing, and the more you focus on that internal feeling, the more you will be able to relax when faced with any sort of stress. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/relax Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

You know, we all got a lot of shit to do. ...And the list keeps piling up. Seems like the more we tick off our to-do list, the more things are added to it. Three steps forward. Two steps back. It's a never-ending cycle of doing a lot, doing even more, but feeling like nothing's actually getting done. We're tryna juggle around balls of multi-tasking. We're spinning plates. All while walking on a tight rope. Man, have you ever thought that you're trying to do too much all at once? You know something, our brains aren't designed to multi-task. We aren't good at it. Fact. We have single task brains. It takes a lot of energy to switch between tasks when we try. Psychologist will call that "switch fatigue". It requires us to basically shut down and boot back up on entirely different operating system each time we switch between a multi-task. It's better, as in more efficient and less energy depleting (minimizing effort/maximizing results), to do less with more focus. Focus is something we've grown pretty weak at. Between the distractions in our pockets to the insistent work culture to do everything at once, answering phone calls, writing e-mails, serving customers, while attending a remote zoom meeting, we've loss our ability to focus. What's it mean to focus? Been a while since you've done it, huh? Probably don't remember. Well to focus means to narrow down what you're doing and what you're thinking about. It means honing on in on one thing, rather than sporadically attempting to juggle a bunch of things. Now I'm telling you this because the procrastin8r doesn't do much, but when he does do something, it's done with complete and utter FOCUS. Enabling yourself to focus is lazy because that's minimizing effort and maximizing results. I mean there's no sense in working yourself to exhaustion and by trying to do it all simultaneously, you'll wear yourself out in just a few short minutes (yet alone a full 8 hour work shift). You don't need to do a whole lot. You just need to do maybe one or two things well. Hope you can FOCUS and listen to the full episode today :D Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/focus Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Hobbies are lame...at least the way they're portrayed in society. Hobbies are portrayed as some sort of grand feat you must pull off. Make it a passion project. Get good. Achieve something awesome. Do your best. Ya know, those are the types of things were told in regard to a hobby. But I want to give you the lazy man's way to do a hobby and it's just two words: ENJOY IT! Enjoy what you do. Make it a Leisure (the big L in L.A.Z.Y.), not some sort of arduous commitment. I know, it's crazy -- to actually do something for FUN, instead of productive. Imagine that. But seriously, we're led to believe that if you aren't making it BIG, then you're just wasting time. Man, so what if I'm wasting time if I'm having fun while doing it? There's this idea that every single minute we spend doing something must be geared towards productivity. But dude, we ain't these mindless productivity producing machines. We're actual human beings. It's okay to live once in a while. To do something just for the sake of enjoying it, rather than the sake of accomplishing this or that. You don't need to achieve anything from a hobby other than pure enjoyment. It's okay to, ya know, actually have fun, and not constantly push yourself to work towards a goal of some sort. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/hobby Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Man, life sucks sometimes. Things can get pretty harsh. An unexpected parking ticket, the death of a loved one, a sick pet, rainy weather, lost keys or wallet, a long line at the supermarket --- there's a range of turmoil, from everyday minor inconveniences to major traumatic events. But man, no matter what, no matter how heavy shit hits the fan, you gotta keep in mind -- it's all good. Now, I don't mean to be blindly optimistic in saying that. It's one thing to become devastated by mishaps, it's another to ignore them completely. It's okay to be aware of the bad happenings in life. Recognize it, but don't let it wear you down. I ain't asking you to shut off your emotions either. And even I was, face it, that'd be a task of the impossible. You're gonna get upset, aggravated, hurt, sad. That much is unavoidable. But what I'm asking you to do, what I encourage you to do anyway, is to see the good in life DESPITE the shit. Keep yourself in balance. Keep yourself Cool, Calm, and Laid Back. Embrace your inner-sloth. Be the Dude and abide. As that famous musical goes "just remember some of your favorite things and then it won't seem so bad." What is it you like? What is it you appreciate? A good question. You may have to stop and think of an answer. Crazy though isn't it? I mean if I were to ask you what bothers you or what would you like to complain about, you could probably shell out a whole list quite quickly. But when I ask you, what are you grateful for, suddenly your mind draws a blank. You've gotten yourself in the habit of bitchin' and moanin', but you want to adopt the new habit of lovin'. I mean no sense in getting worked up. You're lazy and that's extra work, man. Find gratitude rather than frustrations. Find peace instead of reasons to fight or get angry. Find love instead of hatred. There's treasure among the garbage, I guarantee you, if you just look around. It might be small, but hey, it's something. Focus on that something. Focus on that one small thing that makes you smile, even if, EVEN IF it is indeed surrounded by an utter garbage pile. There are things in your life worth appreciating and if you can find that, well then...it's all good! Read the full blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/allgood Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

We're pressured to do a lot of things... Work hard, make money, build a huge social circle, etc.. But living under pressure means living under obligation. It means doing what you're told, instead of what you want. It means living up to the expectations of others and not abiding by your own way of life. There's no need to pressure yourself. To do anything After all, that's extra effort and extra stress. Not the lazy way at all. You gotta be able to relax, not feel pressured or otherwise compelled to do shit. Do it in your own time, if you even want to and don't hard press yourself to get it done. Take the weight off your shoulders and lie on back down in bed, man. Ain't no reason to be carrying the heavy burden of pressure when in reality, you don't gotta do a goddamn thing! You don't. You seriously do not "have to" do anything. Any pressure you feel otherwise, well, that's on you, baby. You're pressuring yourself. Give yourself freedom, man. Stop torturing yourself about doing one thing or another or reaching a certain status quo just to mildly impress someone else. Aim to be happy, not to be approved by others. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/pressure Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

There are a lot of expectations in society when it comes to certain achievements. You're expected to follow this sort of time line ON SCHEDULE. Graduate from college by 22, get married by 25, establish a solid career by 28, have a kid by 30, buy a house by 32. You get the gist. There's this "Life Itinerary" you're expected to follow. But we procrastin8rs we don't like due dates or schedules. We like taking our time to do the things we want to do, IF we even want to do them at all. You're never too old to achieve something, despite the crazy looks people might give you if you tell them you're about to start a new career at age 60, for example. Alan Rickman, Samuel Jackson, Bryan Cranston, to name just a few, are all procrastinators who had a late bloom in their success. Don't believe you have to accomplish something by a certain age or time frame. Take your time, slow n' steady. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/owntime Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Don't be bothered. Period. Look. shit is gonna happen. Things are gonna take a turn for the worse, sometimes.Your dog will shit on the brand new carpet, your car will break down in the middle of the highway, you'll get a parking ticket for running 5 minutes late on your meter. But it's one thing for something bad to happen. It's another to let it actually bother you. See, if you let things bother you, that means you're taking the time, you're pouring the energy, into feeling bad. Extra effort is never lazy, man, and trust me, it takes a lot of effort to let something get under your skin and bother you. Plus, you're not minimizing effort and maximizing results. Think, what's the results of worrying and letting shit bother you?  Feeling awful? Not worth it, man. You see what I'm sayin? Better just to lean back and let bygones, be bygones. Go with the flow. Now I ain't sayin' ya gotta like it. Ya ain't gotta agree with it. Ya just gotta accept it. After all, accepting things is being open to the truth about the present, and the truth is the one thing you should NOT procrastinate on, remember?

Holy shit, fam. It's happeneing! It was only a matter of time before people stopped wanting to work for slave wages and embraced their inner-sloth instead. If there's one thing good about this whole damn pandemic, it's that it created the opportunity to wake people up. See, a lot of people lost their jobs. (That's unfortunate in itself but does have a happy ending) They had to file for unemployment (again, kind of sucks to have to do that) Well guess what? That unemployment check? Get this! Paid more than they were making at their 9 to 5 job! Well I'll be damned! Here's the good part: This higher paying unemployment check was enough to shake people out of their brainwashed state of mind, getting them to think... "Hey now wait a minute. Why in the HELL am I working my ass off, to barely be able to pay bills, when I can lay here on the couch, collect my unemployment and not have to worry about how I'm gonna afford to eat." So...why would they go back to working if they can receive MORE compensation for NOT working? All across the nation, corporations are ever so desperately trying to hire new employees. But no one wants to even apply, yet alone work for them, simply because it doesn't make sense to. It takes more effort to work a job than it does to sit at home and yields less results (pay). It's MAXIMIZING effort and MINIMIZING results. People don't want to do that shit. They want to minimize effort and maximize results. We're all a bit lazy if we're being honest, because that's what laziness is and that's what laziness does. But like all things, laziness is good in balance. People want their efforts to fairly match their results. And we'll choose the option that brings us the most results with the least amount of effort. Energy conservation. It's a survival mechanism. But anyway, now these corporation complain "OH! Nobody wants to work. They're all just lazy sons of a bitches." And you know what? Yeah, we are. We're being lazy. If wanting fair compensation for the amount of work/effort we put in makes us lazy, so be it. But I want to point out just how greedy these big corps are being. They could EASILY pay higher wages. They just....refuse. Like, here's the thing, guys, it's not that people DON'T want to work, like at all. They'd very much be wiling to work and have a job and show up 9 to 5 or whatever But. It's that people don't want to work for shit compensation. Simple. Laziness helps you be able to say "This isn't worth my energy. This isn't worth my time." Sure, in excess, laziness does become a detriment, destroying your motivation, making you stuck in a  rut. But in balance and moderation, laziness is a good thing. It allows you to know the worth of your time and energy and invest in things that offer good returns. It's funny how greed is an acceptable sin in society. Like laziness is somehow the bane of all existence, but greed is okay. Ya know it's okay for these corporate owners bastards to pay scraps off the table as wages to their employees, avoid taxes, and stuff their fat wallets, but it's not okay for a person to want to be provided for. As if wanting to be able to actually live as a human being and not have to break your back and pop a vein from stress at work is such a terrible thing. Anyway, it's good see people realizing the power of laziness. It's a shame it took a literal apocalypse for it to happen, but hey. Here we are, the revolution is starting. I suppose it takes a storm to see a rainbow. Read the full blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/noworkers Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Woah, wait, hey now! A guy who goes by the name "ProcrastiN8r" is saying that you shouldn't always procrastinate and there's actually an exception? I know. Seems quite ironic, if we're being frank here. But if you've been following my blog up until his point, you know that I've basically condemned using the word "always" or "never", since those words create such permanence. You can never make an end all be all rule. There are always exceptions. (See what I did there?) Anyway, there is something you DO NOT want to procrastinate on believe it or not. I know, I know all this talk about how you should "put things off 'til tomorrow" and "wait 'til the last minute" I've shared with you in the past couple weeks. And now it seems like I'm some sort of hypocrite by claiming "DON'T PROCRASTINATE ON THIS ONE THING." Must be pretty important though if I'm telling you to do it NOW. Don't you think? I mean I'm always telling you to go slow n' steady and just do it...later. So you know coming from me that if I'm telling you NOT to procrastinate on something, you better damn well not procrastinate on it. And no, I'm not gonna tell you to get vaccinated right away (though you should but that's besides the point. Cue the anti-vaxxers to unsubscribe) What I want to share with you today is something that actually MAXIMIZES effort and MINIMIZES results  (quite the opposite of what we want to achieve in the lazy formula of success) if you do in fact procrastinate on it. I know. Here I am. Procrastinating revealing it to you. Well, take a listen and I'll tell ya! Read the full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/truth Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Never and Always. Those are words you should cross out your dictionary. "It's NEVER going to happen" "He NEVER does this" "She NEVER does that." Never? Really? What a word with such permanence and absolute. Likewise, there's always "It's ALWAYS like this" "This ALWAYS happens" "He ALWAYS gets this way." Have you ever considered, that maybe, just maybe,...things can change eventually. C'mon now, you're a procrastin8r yourself. "Eventually" should come natural to you. All these doubts of how you'll "never" be good enough or "always" be poor and terrible. Cut that shit. Relax and realize that "eventually" can happen. Hey, maybe tomorrow, maybe some other day. Your current circumstances are not permanent, even if it feels like it. But feeling that way and actually being that way are two different things. I think expressing the word "never" is to hold the sentiment that it doesn't happen frequently enough or perhaps, chances seem low that it ever will happen. Similarly, expressing the word "always" is to believe that it happens TOO MUCH. But despite how little or how often something happens, it can change...at a later time, eventually. Just because it feels permanent, doesn't mean it is. Read more in the full Blog article: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/never Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

If you wait until last minute ...then it only takes a MINUTE to do it XD Okay but seriously, waiting 'til the last minute, contrary to popular belief, does have its perks. It gives you a real adrenaline kick. Like it's now or never. It really ups the ante and makes productivity so much more...productive. I mean if you have all the time in the world to get something done, it's easy to get distracted. It's easy to lose focus, to not really be 100% "in it". But wait 'til last minute? The stakes are high! You better get moving. No distractions. No excuses. It creates pressure and pressure is a good motivator. Trust me... Look, I've graduated from college by waiting 'til last minute. I got my Eagle Scout by waiting 'til last minute, and heck, up to this day, I still do things...last minute. It's like speed running in a video game. You really gotta hone your skills and beat the level as quickly as possible. It's the ultimate test of knowledge, skill, and agility. Waiting 'til the last minute is essentially entering Speed Trial mode. You've got to show the best abilities you have within a very limited time frame. Time's up? Game over. Mess up (and fall down a cliff)? Game over. It's the combination of speed and accuracy that makes it quite a challenge. You'll feel a rush of energy in racing against the clock and totally nailing it. Plus, in the mean time, before you get to that last minute, you're just totally chillin', totally relaxin. You ain't worried about shit. You'll get it done when the time comes. And that time is...last minute. By the time that last minute comes, you'll be clear-headed, relaxed, and ready to take on whatever sort of project or goal you have. And nothing can hold you back. Read the Full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/lastminute Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

just because you don't necessarily get it done within the speculated time frame (of the next 24 hours), doesn't mean you WON'T actually do it ever. "Tomorrow", to the procrastin8r, is really a word used to say "at some point in the future". But that's the thing, it will happen. You'll make it happen. You believe you CAN make it happen. You're just putting it off...for a bit. There's admiration in that attitude. I mean you're NOT saying you can't or won't or even that you're unable. Rather you hold a positive belief that you can and will achieve whatever sort of task you say will get done "tomorrow". Forward thinking. I like that. That's a good thing. You don't doubt yourself for a minute or let insecurities get the best of you. You have pure confidence in what you can do. You say "Hey! I can do this. I just don't feel like it right now. Maybe later. Like tomorrow or something." Let me tell you, having that confidence, having that forward-thinking belief that you can do it no matter what, is the fundamental attitude you need to attain any goal you set for yourself. I mean there are people they doubt themselves, hate themselves, beat themselves up. Tell themselves "I can't" or "I won't". They'll say to themselves "NEVER"...a big word, never. That's such a concrete word too. It's so decisive. "Tomorrow", on the other,  leaves the door open to possibility. I mean maybe you'll get it done, maybe ya won't. But that's certainly a step ahead of "I'll NEVER do it." Read the full Blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/tomorrow Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

Sorry Not Sorry. Ya know, I hate that phrase. You're not sorry. You don't have to say you're not sorry. Just say what you mean and be done with it. None of this "sorry not sorry" shenanigans. The "S" word is such a bad word. Don't be sorry. Just say SHIT. People feel the constant need to apologize for the most mundane things. "Sorry I took so long." "Sorry I didn't make it" "Sorry, you brought me the wrong drink." "Sorry I said that" Man the over apologies one comes across is insane. Heck, maybe you over-apolgize yourself. Then when someone points it out to you, you say "SORRY!" Dude, just abide. Do your thing and don't look back. Don't make your life a constant apology. I mean why do you do that anyway? To be polite? To try and not hurt the other person? Man, ya gotta be an asshole. At least a little bit. At least enough to stop people pleasing and acting guilty when someone else fucks up or makes a mistake. That's the worse, man. Saying sorry when someone did YOU wrong. Gotta stop that shit. It's okay to be imperfect.Don't try to hide those imperfections behind the "S" word. And certainly don't try to make yourself a scapegoat just to try and make the other person feel better. Have some dignity, dude. And you know what? They're just gonna lose respect you. The more you apologize, the more respect you lose in a person's eyes. It's like you can't ever just do something without feeling guilty about it. Just do you, man. Just abide. Don't apologize. Well, to be fair, I don't mean EVER. Like there are definitely situations or circumstances where an apology is absolutely necessary. But... There are very, very few cases you should actually say you're sorry. That's a word that should be used extremely sparingly. 'Cause I mean face it, the more you use it, the less meaning it has. If you're always sorry about everything, then you're never really sorry about anything. -- Read more in the full blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/sorry Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe

You're going through some shit. Whatever it is, you may want to whine, bitch, complain, yell, or scream about it. But what does that do to solve the issue anyway? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Pop diddly squat. Worrying about a problem, stressing out about it, or otherwise making a BIG DEAL about it, doesn't actually offer any solution to said problem. All it does is amplify the problem tenfold. It makes matters worse. Much worse. On top of that, it literally doesn't solve anything. The issue you're wanting to be gone and done with? Yeah, you're causing it to stick around by sittin' there moaning about it instead of taking (slow n' steady) steps to I don't know? Actually freaking solve it! See, when something bad happens and we go ahead and choose to make a really ridiculous BIG DEAL, all it does is set us back and make it that much harder to deal with. We wind up spending time and emotional/mental energy into making a HUGE fuss, instead of spending that same time and energy into fixing the thing we're fussing about to begin with. No sense getting all sweaty over little shit...or really anything at all. Just relax and make do. Go with the flow :) After all, "no sweat, no problem" is the mindset of the procrastin8r. It's all like leaves off a sloth back. Look, shit happens. Just flush it down the toilet and don't make this huge ass deal about it, man. "OH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS SHIT! IT'S AWFUL!" Stop. ...That's weird. Relax and take it easy, alright man? It ain't a big deal....unless you make it out to be. Listen to today's episode to get the full insight. It's no big deal if you don't. Read the full blog: http://www.procrastin8r.com/blog/nobigdeal Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://www.procrastin8r.com/subscribe