Sometimes, the hardest thing in the world is to do what needs to be done. There is a famous quote, "Death is light as a feather. Duty, heavy as a mountain," attributed to Emperor Meiji of Japan (13th century). The things we must do are the hardest things to do because the motivation to perform the act is not the same as for something we want to do. We need to continuously attempt to work through our laziness because we can accomplish so much if we really apply ourselves. How does one do this? How does the perpetual lazy person wake up suddenly and become extremely productive? One suggestion I received was to break up the things we have to do into smaller tasks. I think this suggestion has value in all aspects of a person's life, whether intellectually, spiritually, or even physically (as in dieting). If we take things slowly, or look at things in smaller doses, we might feel more accomplished because we continuously fulfill our goals.