Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Primal Potential podcast and our consistency 365

series. I am Elizabeth Benton. Hope you're having a great day today. Thanks for spending

a little bit of it with me. One of the big reasons that we don't make progress is because

we have these excuses that in the moment feel really true and feel really well intended.

Like I'm going to get it out of my system today and I'll start again tomorrow. You're

not saying, I don't care about my goals. You're not saying, I don't even want to get there.

You're saying tomorrow. I really mean it. Tomorrow is going to be different. What I want

you to keep in mind about your excuses is that an excuse promises permanence. For as long

as you're saying, I'll start tomorrow. I'll start tomorrow. You're saying, I'm going to

keep up with this pattern. You're saying, this is the way things are going to be because

this is what I'm choosing for today. This is the way things are going to be an excuse

promises permanence. You can bet that if you say, I'll start tomorrow, you're going

to keep saying, I'll start tomorrow because an excuse promises permanence. If you say,

I'm too tired. You are telling yourself, I am willing to put it off every time I'm

tired. And if you know yourself and if you're being honest, you're going to be tired a

lot, especially if you have kids. If I'm tired is a reason to not have the healthy

meal or to not get the workout in, then you are saying, I'm just not going to be somebody

who works out. I'm not going to be somebody who eats healthy because an excuse promises

permanence. There's always something you can do. There's always a small step that you

can take. So instead of the excuse, instead of the I'm too tired, instead of the I'll start

tomorrow, look for the small thing that you are willing to do today and let that be the

focus, not the all or nothing excuse making that puts off the entire day or the entire meal.

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