An Excuse Is Worse Than A Lie...

I came across this quote by Alexander Pope, "An excuse is worse than a lie..."  This is so true.

When I walk around my house and see everything that needs to be done I can always find an excuse as to why I shouldn't do it or can't do it right now.  The thing is, I make a lie for myself and get out of doing the work I need to do.  The problem is that it doesn't only hurt me but it hurts my husband and then my family.

The excuses I tell myself:

1)  I'm too tired.  The truth:  I'm not really that tired.  I maybe tired but I think it's more that I'm lazy than tired.  My bed is where I do most of my story thinking, so I'm often pulled there.  I just want to fall back into my make-believe world and not deal with my real world crap.  When I think about how hard my husband works for me I know that there is no way that I am too tired to work on house projects.

2)  I don't know where to start.  The truth:  You just start.  If I just get going everything will fall into place and something will get done.



I know that there are more and I will post them when I realize them.


Today's work list:

1)  Clean dogs room.  It stinks.
2)  Empty out boxes
3)  Vacuum out electronics
4)  Clean out fridge
5)  Store
6)  Clean kitchen

No excuses,
Shel