Get more done by embracing laziness. Motivation—the fickle beast—doesn’t make you productive, your interaction with your environment does. Use your motivation to improve the environment by reducing—or increasing—the energy needed do things. Clean the dishes as soon as you finish your meal, display your guitar on a stand instead of in the closet, log out of all social media accounts when you finish scrolling. James Clear, in his book Atomic Habits, quoted Oswald Nuckols who said, “People think I work hard but I’m actually really lazy. I’m just proactively lazy.” Use your motivation energy to reduce the “activation energy” of productivity by improving your environment. Embrace your laziness—proactively.