MAKE EXCUSES THAT AT LEAST MAKE SOME SENSE

Make excuses for yourself that don’t make others look bad.

If you’re more of an ‘excuse’ person than a ‘get things done’ person, at least make it plausible.

Instead of, “I can’t do ____ , because of ___ ,” try and be convincing.

Do this instead: “I did ____ , but I need help with ___.”

Asking for help makes more sense than leaving a mess and calling it good enough.

Now I know what you’re thinking. Your self esteem is so fragile that you might not recover if you ask for help.

Is this a problem?

It’s a problem if you blame others for your shortcomings. Don’t do that. If something is your fault, go ahead and accept it.

Will accepting responsibility for failure ruin your streak of perfection? Or will it set you free?

We all know people who do no wrong, and to suggest otherwise is a stab in their back.

There’s the rancher who dominates his spread to the point of walking into the house with crap on their boots when they sit down and put their feet up.

And they do this in front of their wife to show a visitor who the boss is.

When they go back outside the wife cleans up.

Does she enjoy jackass behavior one hundred percent? I don’t see how, but she cleans up 100%.

Why not take the boots off at the door? It’s either because of their vision of manliness and bully behavior, or they can’t reach that far down too many times a day without getting out of breath.

Use Excuses You’ve Been Saving Up

“I can’t do that because of an old football injury. You’d know how it is if you ever played.”

Milking sports injuries, whether you’ve got one or not, is a standard excuse.

“My knee. My shoulder. Oh, now it’s my neck. Have you ever seen my finger?”

It’s always something, and that something flares up whenever we’re asked to do something we don’t want to do.

“Can you help my friend move?”

Ordinarily this is an automatic yes for a day of pizza and beer and dude-time.

Not so much when it’s a wife request to go to an unstable home with adult children and a newly divorced woman.

What about that knee, shoulder, and back?

“She doesn’t have anyone else and her kids won’t help and her husband doesn’t care.”

What about plantar fasciitis, a bone on bone hip, and a sprained ankle?

“She can’t stay there anymore without going crazy.”

But that dislocated elbow, broken wrist, and separated ribs.

“I think you’ve healed up enough over the last forty years. Besides, isn’t this why you go to the gym, strong man?”

Now you’ve got something to prove.

When Excuses Don’t Work

“I’m waiting on the covid vaccine until I finish doing my research.”

How does this work with people who have a proven track record of academic failure, intellectual neglect, and no interests beyond hanging out with their buddies in the woods?

“I don’t want the covid vaccine to alter my DNA.”

Look at your family tree. Is it so stellar that the DNA couldn’t use a good stir? Probably not.

“I don’t trust the scientific process in the development of the covid vaccine.”

If this is the first time you’ve ever said ‘scientific process’ just stop.

The only thing I’ve heard that makes sense is if one half of a couple has a bad reaction to the vaccine, the other half is hesitant. And why wouldn’t they be?

In this case both people are alert and on-board with safety protocols, not the sorry souls following a hyped up church minister, over zealous radio host, or some politician devoid of decency.

The Best Excuses Right On Time

“Why did I do this? Because I wanted to save you some time.”

“I did this to help you with the next part of your project.”

“You didn’t ask me, but I did it anyway.”

If you are able bodied and clear minded, you really don’t have excuses. At least you can’t make excuses like the ones listed above. No sports injuries to lean on, no surgically reconstructed body parts, no broken heart.

You see things that need done and do them. If not you, then who; if not now, then when?

So get your stuff organized and sorted.

Let your special one know they are special.

If you need to make excuses, maybe keep them to yourself and find a way to help out.

Did you know that helping others also helps you? That’s a secret power if there ever was one.

Do you have the power?