Excuses stay the same age while you keep getting older.

A reason for not doing something does not develop over time. The same sentence you used at fifteen gets used at thirty and at fifty, word for word, while your circumstances have changed completely around it. Hearing yourself reach for an old line is a sign you stopped checking whether it is still true.

Listen for the excuse you have been using for years and test it this week. Act as though it were no longer accurate and see what actually happens.