Sometimes the small stuff DOES make us sweat, and sometimes we are just having a REALLY BAD DAY and we could care less about the starving children in Africa. But there is a danger in focusing on these little problems and thinking they are an ACTUAL problem.
The sheer effort that is exerted in getting worked up and caring about so many little things is enough to exhaust a triathlete.

We’ve been there.

Lying limp and beaten at the bottom of a cavernous hole so deep that the light above is barely a pinprick in the expanse of darkness.

Heck, I was there last week. (Well, in fairness, I was there on April 14th.)

The best way to get out of being responsible for your own life?

Come up with an excuse.

So, to help you avoid doing anything that is scary or might get people angry with you or is a puke-inducing leap into the unknown, I’ve compiled a list of some great excuses you can use.

You want to know one of the Top 10 “Phrases That Bug Me”: “Where God closes one door he opens a window”
It’s not that I necessarily disagree with the sentiment. In fact I’m very much in favor of it. But I’m moreso irked by the cliched “nosy-advice” category that it falls in. It’s like when a loved one passes away and everyone says “They’re in a much better place now.” What is that about? Why say anything at all?
So instead I offer this more realistic “advice” on bad situations:
“Sometimes shit happens …

The exception to the rule ONLY happens occasionally. That is why it is an exception. It is not something that we should strive for.

Why then, do we live our lives vicariously through these fictional manifestations? What stops us from being the authors of our own lives?