Excuses
Hay Daizee Loves!
So, per usual, I have a lot on my plate. However, I hate using that as an excuse as to why I am not getting my “extracurricular” things knocked out. I wanted to share with you all my TOP 3 excuses as to why “I just can’t chase my dreams the way I want to”… “right now” (SN: I HATE EXCUSES… I hate when people send them my way and I hate the phrase “right now”) AND YET… I still try it with myself!
1. I have a WHOLE full-time, big girl job
Okay, so this one isn’t even so much of a complacency issue as it is just being tired. Complacency would be, “I already make money. So there is no pressure in regards to making more”. YEAH RIGHT or “I already made it” NOOOO MA’AM! (I’ll talk about the dangers of the complacency game later). But anyways, I work from 7am – 4:30pm. I leave the house at 6:30am and get home at 5pm. That is a smooth 10.5 hours. Hours of sitting at a desk and using my brain. When I get home, I am not really physically tired, but I am mentally tired from thinking all day. So, at that point, I don’t really feel like using my brain AT ALL for the remainder of the day. Which brings me to my next excuse…
2. I am in graduate school
I will be honest and tell y’ all that school is not that hard for me. I made it through Auburn engineering. What could possibly be harder than that? LOL but school is time-consuming! And it still requires me to use my brain. I still have to study, write papers, and do homework assignments in my “free time” which is after work (when I do not have to physically be in class right after work) and the weekends. So, when I tell y ’all I be tired… I BE TIRED ALL OF THE TIME. Monday through Sunday. So, if school gets all of my free time... when do I have the time to chase my dreams?
3. Doing this later SEEMS ideal
Honestly, I do not want to do anything more than school and work UNTIL I get settled on my own (June 2018), graduate next spring (May 2019), and finish my rotations out here on the Arsenal (Nov. 2019). I already have so much going on between work and school “right now” and trying to be a strong, responsible, and mature young adult. I don’t "NEED” any extracurricular activities that require too much of my time, “right now”. In my head, 2020 is going to be MY YEAR. That will be the time for all that extra stuff.
HOWEVER, thankfully, I have enough wisdom and understanding to realize that I may not make it to 2020 (God-willing I do, of course) but tomorrow is not promised. Not only that, but there are people on the other side of my obedience NOW. A lot of this stuff cannot wait until 2020. Knowing what I am supposed to be doing and delaying it… is still disobedience.
When it comes to these excuses, NOBODY CARES. Your dreams especially don’t care. WHY? Because you are the only one that can bring them to life. The manifestation of your dreams into reality, is a DIRECT RESULT of your actions.
So, yes, excuses are extremely tacky. Excuses are for people who don’t want it bad enough (I just told y’ all I don’t want it until 2020 lol so I am chock-full of them at the moment). But YOU CANNOT deposit these excuses at the bank. You are either going to stop being lazy and stop sleeping on your own dreams OR you are going to stay persistent and consistent and realize everything you do and when you do it DOES NOT just affect you.
***Super side note: People love using their kids as an excuse, and I do not want to be that person. So I definitely need to be doing ALL THAT I CAN before they make their grand entrance into this world.***
Not only that, but I am realizing that I hate feeling that I should have started all of this when I was at Auburn. My biggest excuse back then was that engineering degree. Don’t put yourself in a position where you wish you would have started earlier. *I keep seeing that EVERYWHERE* In 2020, I don’t want to be like “Meg, you was playing, you could have had this going for you 2 years ago”.
You’re always going to be able to find an excuse. ALWAYS.
Here is a challenge for you guys. Think of your favorite excuses that actually feel legitimate (because all of mine do lol) and write them down. Then, discredit them in your mind, kill them and STOP using them. Boss Up. Bloom Up. Because what we don’t always realize is that we are just claiming we want different. Different outcomes. Different lives from other people. But we are giving the SAME excuses… same reasons as to why we can’t do something “right now”. Everybody is always too busy, too tired. Is it ever really the most ideal time to do the things that are most worth it? Take advantage of the timing and the opportunities! Do you really want it bad enough? OR does it just sound good to say you do? Time will tell! A lot of people never experience their dream lives. I want to experience mine. So yeah, it’s A LOT on my plate. The question is, “How hungry are you, young Meg?” How hungry are my Daizee Loves??
I love my Daizee Loves! We out here blooming! No more excuses.
“Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams, or wake up and chase them”
Love ALWAYS,
Megan