It's not that you're lazy. Your brain is fried.
Every scroll, ping and deadline floods your brain with dopamine and cortisol. All day, every day — so it checks out. You reread the same line four times. You blank in meetings. You "start" at 10 and suddenly it's 1 PM. Coffee just spikes you higher, then drops you harder.
A day you already know too well
You don't start the day sharp. You start it already behind — and by night there's nothing left for the people who matter.
It isn't discipline. It's a system running on borrowed energy — and the cost isn't just your work. It's the version of you your family gets at 9 PM.
More stimulation is not the same as more focus.