Tag: growth

Excuses are the enemy of growth: Be stronger than your strongest excuses

Do you always find yourself breaking a habit after 4 days of consistently doing it because you tell yourself that you can do it tomorrow because you did a great job for being consistent for 4days?

Rewarding yourself is not bad but think about it again. Are you rewarding yourself or you are making an excuse to avoid the task?

Our brain has the tendency to avoid things that are not comfortable and that is when we create excuses to justify the escape.

Escaping the hard task looks fun for the brain and going back to your comfort zone is tempting for your soul that does not want discomfort. However, these are both enemy of growth.

Nope. You do not need to go to a difficult situation. You do not need to immerse yourself in a new culture. You need to face what is in front of you that will help you to become the person you wanted to be.

Look at the plants around you. They do not move but they keep growing. It is not easy but that’s how they survive. Try to find a newly planted seeds in the ground and observe them for a couple of days. They push themselves to go up and see the light. After seeing the light, they do not stop there. They try to adjust their resources, shifting hormones or proteins to adjust to the situation. They work a lot but we only see their growth and development for the benefit of other organisms. And it is so beautiful.

Imagine being a plant today. They do not make excuses. They try their best to keep growing and developing for what they are made for. And may you be strong enough to fight your strongest excuses for your own growth and development.

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December 7: the past (is already in the past)

Did I mess up today? Yes. Can I change it? No. These are the facts. What happened already is irreversible. No time machine offers round-trip tickets from the past to the present available on the market. If you know any, let me know. I want to get some. LOL.

We are all guilty that we made mistakes in the past. The regretful ones were usually those that we had control over at that moment and we chose instant gratification and not the consequences.

But, again, it is in the past. You cannot waste any more time and energy overthinking or crying in bed over things that are done.

What now? What can you do?

That is the answer. What you can do now is to do the best that you have at this point and in the coming days. Do not aim to correct the previous mistakes. Your goal should be to be a better version of yourself today to make up for your past mistakes. You must make up for your past mistakes and not correct them – they are two different things – one is doable and the other is a waste of time and energy.

You do not choose the easy way but rather the right one. It can be a no-brainer or freaking hard ways. In both cases DO NOT escape when your brain is telling you to. Face it. Do it right. Think of the consequences in the long run would be.