You want content that ranks and resonates.
You’re in the right place.
Feeling stuck in a loop of unproductive days?
You’re not alone. Inertia is real—and if you want to break out of it, the answer isn’t motivation. It’s environment and responsibility.
I’m Gideon, a copywriting and SEO student learning out loud. This blog exists to track my progress, share thoughts to have, and share lessons for anyone building skills from the ground up—no fluff, just real-time insight.
That being said:
Is the day-to-day routine of doing nothing getting to you?
There is a strategy to overcome the inertia you may feel trapped in:
A Path You Can Take
A change in environment and the adoption of responsibility can kickstart your uneventful routine immensely—it quite literally forces you to do things.
Seriously, from someone who was thrown into responsibility by taking on debt, and who has also thrown himself into a variety of environments to acquire stories, this strategy forces you out of the tendency to do nothing.
Apply Yourself Accordingly
Listen, changing your environment can be a variety of things, like:
- Moving your comfort items out of your room
- Taking frequent walks
- Joining a nearby gym or local activity club
- Getting a job—any job—keeps you out of the trap of passive comfort. I know, it sounds like something a parent would say… but it’s true.
Any of those changes remove you from the comfort zones where inertia thrives—your room, your bed, your screen.
We all know how comforting our beds, rooms, and homes are—and that’s it, your comfort is what’s keeping you in that dry routine.
Discomfort Will Comfort You… Eventually
I know what’s above seems counterintuitive, but the reality is we’re all human—what do I mean by that?
We will adapt to our environments, no matter what they are.
You’ve adapted to comfort, and that maladaptation is likely your tendency to do nothing.
Engaging in discomfort, intentional or not, will make you do something.
And the more you encounter it, the less likely you are to remain in discomfort.
It’s simple, but why is this important?
Rather than listening to the voice that says, “tomorrow, I’ll start,” get uncomfortable and do what you’re putting off immediately, or get away from the thing keeping you still.
If that thought is appearing in your mind, you intrinsically know you’re not doing what you could or should be. Adequate discomfort will change that because:
Discomfort Will Comfort You… Eventually
See what I did there? Nice little recall before the next section, which is:
Adopting Responsibility
So, adopting responsibility for me was taking on debt—it was unexpected, but hey, you live and you learn.
For you though, adopting responsibility could be:
- Getting a job (I swear I’m not trying to be your parent)
- Setting daily and weekly goals
- Volunteering
- Caring for plants
- Adopting a pet
Adopting responsibility requires you to either motivate yourself and disengage from comfort, or stop caring about your comfort, because something or someone relies on you; if you fail them, you fail yourself.
It may seem intense to put it that way, but to be real, the tendency to do nothing is rooted in selfishness—why would anyone ever stop their comfort if they had no reason to?
That right there, not having reasons, is the main culprit—how can you be in inertia and also have responsibilities that you must handle?
It’s nearly impossible—unless you’re completely disconnected from any outside responsibility. And that disconnection tends to feed a kind of selfishness most of us don’t realize we have.
I’m more or less saying that your lack of responsibilities to anyone and anything will lead to you seeking comfort, which is inherently selfish.
It’s a problem we all can have—but I assure you, it’s possible to overcome if you apply everything mentioned so far.
And once you do, it’ll inevitably lead to:
Inertia Conversion
I’m not sure if anyone else has coined this term; I’ve only seen the words themselves referenced in mathematical equations, but if you look at their objective definitions, they combine super well.
Inertia, a tendency to do nothing or remain unchanged, is what I’ve been using to refer to laziness, slothfulness, or whatever term that implies doing nothing.
Conversion, the process of changing or causing something to change from one form to another, is the perfect remedy to inertia.
Inertia Conversion is what happens when you move from “doing nothing” to “doing something”—by force, design, or necessity. It’s not about getting hyped; it’s about creating the conditions where action becomes automatic.
Any of those suggestions in the previous sections will undoubtedly pull you into the process of change, inevitably freeing you from your inertia.
The thing is, though:
You Have To Be Proactive
I need you to understand that none of the suggestions will work if you don’t start applying them sooner rather than later.
If you don’t, that voice that says “tomorrow, I’ll start” will just keep you satisfied every single time it whispers into your comforted mind.
You have to be proactive with those suggestions to convert yourself from one state to another.
Nobody is going to suddenly help you out of inertia.
Don’t Start Tomorrow, Start Today
You’ve got ideas. You’ve got options. You’ve got reasons.
So what’s it going to be—inaction or initiation?
I suggest you convert your inertia. It’ll organize you.
Fill your days with meaning. And might even surround you with the right people.
Don’t let comfort lie to you again.
Change your environment.
Adopt responsibility.
Start today. Not tomorrow.
If this hit home, let me know. I’m learning out loud, and I want you to grow alongside me.