I didn’t receive the email*.
I meant to, but I forgot.
I thought ‘x’ was doing it.
And while we’re going down this murky track… ‘The dog ate it Miss’.
All excuses (*and btw, you did).
Too harsh? Let’s re-title…
Justifications?
Still too hard? OK, how about…
Explanations?
That feels more palatable.
The outcome’s the same. You didn’t do what you were supposed to do.
I don’t enjoy being called out on my excuses. And yet I’ve quite a selection..
‘Were you supposed to empty the dishwasher, Michael?’
‘I was just about to, peach.’ Sounds so much better than, ‘It’s the last thing I wanted to do, so I’ve conveniently forgotten.’
I rarely ask The Google for definitions, preferring to share my personal thinking with you; but this was too good not to share.
Google - What are excuses?
‘The invented reasons we create to defend our behaviour, to postpone taking action or simply as a means of neglecting responsibility.’
To postpone taking action… hmmm.
What have you been putting off? Maybe now is the time to stop making excuses and to start taking action?
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