by Andrea Miller

Created on: February 05, 2008

Okay here we go! There is not a one of us out here in this big, huge world that is not guilty of making an excuse or two. Maybe every now and then an excuse will actually come in handy for us or even be necessary. Family gatherings with a dysfunctional family are death, so why go? Happily throw yourself down a flight of stairs and you have the perfect excuse. You had a very bad day today and it's only 9am and you still have to go in to work. Maybe, develop a cough and the sniffles. What about that horrible new flu that's out? I think I just came down with a case of that. Oh yes, we have all done it. Might as well admit, own it, embrace it even. We are a society of excuse makers and we are good at it. Well guess what. It's time to cut it out already STOP MAKING EXCUSES!

Life is hard, work sucks (for some of us) and gas is too darn high but, we still have to keep on living. Those of us that play the lottery play because we haven't won so we have to keep working and since we have to get to work we have to drive so gas is going to be bought. After all, we can't all walk to work. I might slip up and get healthy or something, begin to feel great, look great and I won't be able to make excuses anymore. I will have energy to do stuff. I look wonderful in my new size 6 body and I get asked out more (behave, if you're married you cannot date. At least not without your spouse's permission). But to get there you have to not make the excuses.

Let's face it there is only one reason to make excuses anyway right? You are put in a position where you have to do something that you don't want to do and we all have been there. What do you have to gain by giving in to giving up? Weight loss has got to be the most popular reason out there to make excuses. We have to realize that running from something because it makes us uncomfortable only leaves us uncomfortable. Back to the family gathering, you excuse yourself and now you have to worry that you are going to have to deal with them in the end because you didn't show up and if they are truly dysfunctional you will. Next, just because the day starts off terrible does not mean it is going to stay that way unless you have to spend it worrying about repercussions from calling off.

Changing our attitude about what might happen to wait and see will alleviate us of all this excuse making. Personal growth comes from not being afraid to commit and getting on with what has to be accomplished to make us happier folks but we have to stop excusing ourselves first.

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