23- EXCUSES...EXCUSES...EXCUSES!

a- "Sorry I haven't answered you for weeks...been in a quandry about what to wear each morning...."
b- "Maybe if I ignore them the bills will mysteriously go away, far away."
c- "Sorry, didn't make it to your dinner party...didn't have any fresh 7" cucumbers in the fridge to make your fave dipster!"
d- In Psychology 101 it's called rationalialization...excuses, excuses, excuses. Make the dip with mushrooms for gosh sakes! Stop and pay the freaking bills...hurts for only a minute.
e-"If you really want to do something, you'll make time!" True adage from my junior year.
f- It's taken me so long to realize an ephiphany that helps me, only, to come to the realization that excuses announce to my friends, and the world, that this guy is simply explaining away, TRYING to justify. If you agree, go for it.
g- When one makes an excuse for not calling or completing an assignment or communicating, it becomes quite obvious to the other person or persons and leaves a sour taste. When one makes an excuse that appears recognizable as a fabrication, then your credibility is lowered. Do it often? h- Your credibility hits bottom and becomes near impossible to recover.
i- How about developing a simple habit of anwering e-mails, friends and calls quickly! Remember old-fashioned "snail mail"?
j- Next..."Good smells" memories...can you say, "The wafting, memorable aroma of coffee percolating early in the morning is soothing to one's mind?"