Comments on: 10 Excuses I’ve Used Up This Month

By: John Sherry

John Sherry — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:37:25 +0000

Don’t know about ten Jeffrey but used to subscribe to three beauties, namely:

1) Now isn’t the right time (it’s always now of course)
2) I’ll sleep on it (did so every night)
3) Just one more slice (true!)

Maybe I still do as we find it hard to see ourselves. Well done for achieving that ability. We’re great at this behaviour. Not zen masters more excuse experts. Love this post, made me laugh especially when I saw myself!

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Freelance Writers, Are You Ready To Let Those Excuses Go? — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:03:35 +0000

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By: annew

annew — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:19:17 +0000

Let's see, arghhh - just got back from the gym and it's after 4 - oh, there's the first excuse:

1- I get stupid after 4 p.m.
2- I don't want to go; it's dark and cold outside.
3- But I don't understand facebook (can you hear the whine?)
4- Paying bills this month scares me because a check hasn't arrived yet - yeah, I have enough money, but....
5- But if I stop going there where will I find spiritual community?
6- But my car (218,000 miles!) is paid for... I don't want payments. (Another whine.)
7- I can't drive that far in my old car.
8- I'll just eat one more cookie (a whole box full - have stopped that for the moment, but I don't trust myself.)
9- I'm too old.
10-It will take too much time from writing - I can use this almost anytime and it's usually bogus

what a great idea... a wonderful meme to start... going to use the same idea over at my blog and give you credit of course.

thanks

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By: Désirée Bammerlin

Désirée Bammerlin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:40:12 +0000

Just found you on "Zen Habits"!
This is a great idea! I join in this project. I have so many other things to remember so I "take care" of one or two mostly used excuse/s every month. I think that will work for me.

Let's see if I get my first ten togheter:

1. just ONE more check on facebook/twitter/mail
2. first I have to organise all the other pictures from the old hard drive
3. I need distraction
4. I'm too tired/ no energy
5. first I have to clean up the house
6. I will forget if I don't do/read it now
7. ten minutes after it looks the same - again
8. but this is interesting!
9. I'll do it later/tomorrow
10. I'm not in the right mood

Till 15 of november I will care about numer 1 (because this one is really annoying me) and number 6 (I'm working on the part 1 of "Zen to done" and think there's some connection ;) )

By: Steven Aitchison

Steven Aitchison — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:07:25 +0000

This is a great idea Jeffrey: my main excuse would be 'I can't write an article, I've got some social media stuff to do'.

Love the new design as well

By: driveroll

driveroll — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:32:13 +0000

1 and 2 are huge for me, I have researchitis… the hardest thing is that sometimes it is indeed necessary and true

By: Josh Cottle

Josh Cottle — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:56:27 +0000

Keep up the good work. You just earned a subscriber. I love the excuse train as do so many people. A life without excuses would be a grand one indeed. This post reminded me of a video that I put up a few days ago. Leave it if you wouldn't mind giving me a plug. There's also a link to you tube, if your readers would rather view it there.

(ME) http://www.brokendownlife.com/?p=102

(youtube.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obdd31Q9PqA

By: vagabond blue

vagabond blue — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:26:42 +0000

I'm seriously the worst person to ask, since I have a blog that hasn't even seen the light of day yet. I'm working on curing this at Posterous, where I've been posting my raw ideas and some reaaally bad writing. Hopefully it will help me to get past this editing/perfection thing. :D

I try to remember Voltaire's words: “The perfect is the enemy of the good.”

By: Charles - Creative Lab

Charles - Creative Lab — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:52:46 +0000

Careful with the *and* (9) you'll end up with endless possible combinations and kill the whole idea ;)

1. I'll be more motivated later.
2. I just had a 2hr workout, I'm tired.
3. I'll just read one more blog post, perhaps leave a comment (this one by the way)
4. Just one quick check on Twitter to see if I broke 60 (I haven't tsss)
5. I still have to let this rippen, not ready for production.
6. Hey if I had rushed this I would have left that out.

Cool, I haven't filled my quota yet. Besides, I think n°6 is justifiable. Oops does that make it 7???