eli5: Why do we always get strong urge to be lazy if its better for the brain to be active

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I mean its so much better for the brain to be active working doing useful things stimulating your brain or working out, we all have a reward system and everytime we finish a task we feel a sense of accomplishment but everytime you should be doing something that you know will feel good in the end you just get this urge of doing nothing today and just relaxing,
shouldnt our brain be chasing this sense of accomplishment? Where does this feeling come from

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1. Conserving calories is most compatible with reproducing at high levels.

2. Physical activity should be for a purpose.

3. Going to the gym or etc is not a purpose your lizard brain can get behind

4. You don’t live in a society in which purposeful exercise is part of the lifestyle or daily activities. You probably don’t walk to and from work. Your body would have no issue with you doing that because it is very different from exercise for exercise’s sake

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