I haven’t posted anything since last Friday. This absolutely kills me because I made a personal goal to post something new at least once a day. I took off of work and enjoyed a four day weekend, but I somehow have a mountain of excuses why I haven’t put anything new up. What did I do with all of that time?

Am I just making excuses?

Here are a few of them:

• My son’s 3rd birthday was Friday.
• We had a re-bachelor party for a friend on Saturday night.
• I took my son to the ER with a busted noggin on Sunday.
• I helped some friends get their server back up on Monday.
• Monday was also my birthday.
• I played catch up at work and was T-I-R-E-D when I got home on Tuesday.

How long does it take to put up a new post? About 30-45 minutes, depending on a lot of factors. Did I really not have 45 minutes at any point during all of this to stop and put a post up?

You guys know how I love to advocate Chris Brogan of chrisbrogan.com. I do this because I believe in his message and if I can help him extend it in any way, I’m going to. Chris recently put up a video about making excuses. I thought I’d share it with you guys, but I also encourage you to subscribe to his blog. The guy is an energizer and he will get you thinking.

Here’s the video:

My goal is to be a successful writer but I won’t succeed if I continue to let excuses get between me and my goals. I’ll pose the same question to you that Chris posed to his audience…

How are you dealing with excuses in your own pursuit of success?