Excuses, Excuses, and More Excuses Taking Over My Life

I didn’t do anything for my husband’s birthday because I didn’t have any money.

I didn’t work out because I walked to the store.

I don’t buy healthier foods because they are too expensive.

I don’t go to the dentist because I don’t have insurance.

I don’t take time out for myself because my family needs me at home.

These are just a few of the excuses I find myself using way more often than I should. Over the past few weeks, I am using excuses to not do a lot of things in my life that either I want to do or I should do. I was chatting with a friend on FB last week about how we need to eat healthier and the fact that I thought eating healthy was too expensive just slid right out of my mouth. She also told me about how she came across an informative post on a website that reviews life insurance policies. And that’s when it struck me how careless I’ve been. I never eat healthily, and insurance is something I should have as an adult. Though I may never use it, you never know when a drastic and unexpected event could happen.

It happened to my good friend once. She was enjoying life like any other woman in her 20’s would be. Suddenly and without any notice, she just passed away. To this day, none of us actually know how she died. It’s just devastating. She had a young family too, and knowing that she left them behind is heartbreaking. The only solace I can find in this situation is that she made the decision to look into life insurance with places like AIG (Here is a American General life insurance review) a year or so before she passed away, which means that her family may have financial stability as a result of this. She was clever. She was smart. I, on the other hand, haven’t been. And I could soon live to regret it one day.

I am so used to using excuses for not doing things that they have become a basic part of my life. They make it easy for me to not achieve or change the things that I need to. It amazes me how far I’ve gotten in life by doing this. I even come up with excuses as to not change my life for the better hence the excuse about eating healthier. Last week in fact I proved myself wrong on that one. I went to the grocery store and went over to the produce section and purchased fresh string beans and broccoli for under $3. That just proved to me that the healthier foods being expensive weren’t the problem but it was the fact that I didn’t want to put the energy into getting them that was the problem.

Now that I have come to realize this bad habit I am on a mission to change this. have got to get myself out of quitting things before I even try them. The only one that I am holding back is myself. Then when I think about it I’m suppose to be a role model for my kids if they see me making excuses what will they do. They aren’t going to want to try anything. In fact my excuses have already affected them. They don’t like trying a lot of new things. I am beginning to wonder if maybe that is partly my fault cause I can’t push them to try new things or push them to achieve their goals and I am not trying myself. So I am going to make this change not only for my kids but myself. Definitely has to be more for me than them. Here are 3 ways I am going to change my ways and become a better role model for my kids.

1. Anything that I can do I will do at that moment. So if I say I am going to exercise I will exercise that very moment. This way I will not have time to think on it and change my mind.

2. If what I want to do requires that I spend money for like a gift for someone I am going to start planning and saving ahead of time.

3. If I want my kids to try new things I am going to have to step outside my comfort zone and try new things myself.

What is something you need or want to change?