Most of us use this time of year to set goals for the new year and I wanted to use this very small post to share a personal story about my own excuses and self-sabotage!

Be Aware of Excuses and other Self-Limiting Beliefs!

What do I mean? Allow me to share my personal story with you from last year…

I often have some physical fitness goal as part of my annual goals. However over the last two years, as my discretionary time became more limited, I gave myself easy outs:

• “family is the priority followed by day job and online job…not working out means I correctly prioritized my work”
• “I don’t have time to do it all, something has to give”
• “I can catch up later”
• “I don’t work on my online business when my kids are awake so I need to make the most of the time they are asleep”

With these limiting beliefs or excuses I didn’t push as hard as I could have to find a solution.

Given my schedule I am not beating myself up too much for not finding a solution sooner.

Typical Schedule:

Priorities – Wife, 2 kids/family, day job and online business…

• Wake – 6am
• Leave for Work – 6:15am
• Home By – 6:00pm (20 min commute)
• Family Time & House Cleanup – 6:00pm-8:00pm
• Work Online – 8:00pm – 10:45pm
• Prep for Next Day – 10:45-11:00

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