Posts Tagged ‘ excuses ’

It might seem like the goal of getting fit is the same as losing weight and I suppose they can go hand in hand. But there are plenty of skinny people out there that can’t make it up a steep hill and that’s what makes it distinct. Not being skinny can even serve as...
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Like most homeowners I’ve got a list of things that need doing that never seems to get shorter. It’s not hard to come up with an excuse as to why sitting down with a book is more urgent than painting the airless unfinished closet (left over from 1950). That’s on top of all the...
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Excuses don’t have to be innovative to be effective in holding you back. That’s certainly the case with the ones I’ve used to delay various writing projects or leave them half started on the top of the filing cabinet. The cure is no more exciting really. First off – keep the focus on only...
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While relationships can also serve as an excuse “can’t make those calls – need to take Mom to lunch” too often they are the victim of having too many other things to do. Relationships can also be a goal unto themselves – those more strained that you feel the need to improve.  But what...
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It would be nice to think that eliminating all the excuses would somehow cause the day to double in length – wouldn’t that be an incentive?  But it doesn’t seem to work that way.  So here I am trying to turn sea glass jewelry into an active business and finding everything else getting in...
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It’s harder than you might think to figure out how to carve out some time from what’s available when there are already so many competing ‘more important’ goals.  But balance is the number one goal and all things stem from that. I spent some time really thinking about this one -how to fit in...
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So how am I going to going to solve this one? I’m not entirely sure. Leaving it at ‘I have no idea’ is just another excuse so I’ll keep pressing on. The experts say when you’re stuck on how to proceed to look to something you solved successfully in the past and try the...
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I wanted to save this topic for last – I would really like to avoid talking about it all together. That’s how deep the excuses run! But if I’m going to be honest with myself, and by extension with you, then it’s time. First off, I’m not whining about being single – it has...
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This excuse is a tough one for me; I use it a lot.  When I say the past still has hold of me, it’s different than saying ‘it’s never worked before’. I’ve used that one too but it’s for a different week.  This one seems to come out more when I’m feeling stressed and...
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I’m not proud of this excuse, in fact I find the voice in my head gets whiny when I even think it.  After some contemplation this past week I’ve come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as wanting something that is outside of our individual make-up.  That is to say that...
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