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thenewgreen  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what's your excuse?

I tend to not ever make excuses. Don't get me wrong, I fail like everyone else but I own my failures and successes. I don't blame them on circumstance.

Edit: good to see ya Pablo.





b_b  ·  3886 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm full of excuses. Remember that time I passed out at the gay bar at like 11:30? That was because I was tired and hadn't eaten and drove all day. That's just one example; I could go on.

nowaypablo  ·  3886 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You say that like its a bad thing; youve got a story to last the ages :D

nowaypablo  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

you too tng!

I also blame myself, but I give myself a million reasons why I wasn't able to do it (e.g. I just couldn't handle it, I was disorganized, etc.)

thenewgreen  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would never say I "blame" myself. I just hold myself accountable for the things in my life that are in my control. These things tend to be far more abundant than people seem to think. We have a LOT of control over most things on life. Most notably, how we react or feel about things.

nowaypablo  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a very helpful point for me at the moment, so thanks. It often feels like the emotion of, say, sadness or pain or even just gloom is inflicted upon me, not that I myself am the source that is projecting it all outwards from myself. intuitively you'd think emotion would be as easy to squash as it so easily manifests.