A few days back, as I was walking down the road, my daughter pointed me towards a quote displayed in a gym ad - "You should be bigger than your excuses".
What an apt quote for a gym! Going to the gym is one of the things we often include in our resolutions each year, but then we end up making excuses to drop it from the resolution, only to bring it back again next year.
As I walked on, this quote stuck in my mind. This one is not only for the gym, but also for our lives. We, as humans, take refuge behind excuses the majority of the time. Whether it is while making a big decision, taking a new step in life, learning a new thing or being in a stage where we are questioning. Many of us seek out excuses to easily wriggle ourselves out of such situations. Being in the safe zone has become ingrained in our characters so much that we tend to sway towards making excuses unintentionally sometimes.
To deal with this problem, we need to change our perspective. Rather than looking for a reason to dissuade ourselves, we need to start asking, "What can I do to better myself in such situations?"
Excuses branch into procrastination, laziness, self-doubt, and comfort zones. Axing excuses at the root can destroy all these other branches. Next time you want to make excuses, ask yourself, "Am I going to let it stop me?"
How do you handle excuses?
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