$86,400 and Excuses

Katanthus
Katanthus Posts: 346 Member
in Motivation and Support
$86,400

Does any of this sound familiar?
I don't have time to exercise
I don't have time to walk the dog
I don't have time for me
I don't have time to cook real food
I go to McDonald's because I don't have time for anything else

Well imagine if I gave you $86,400, with the proviso, you MUST spend it ALL tomorrow, not ONE penny should be left by the day after. What would you do?

Besides scream "YIPPEE! I am rich"

You would probably sit down with a piece of paper, and plan out every last penny, then first thing tomorrow, you would get up, and start spending it.. right? You would possibly spend hours working out what you were going to spend it on, starting FIRST thing in the morning.

Well.. you have EXACTLY 86,400 seconds in a day. You will NEVER get those back, yet spend them without thinking about them. Instead of making excuses for not having time to do things.. PLAN. Get your family to plan their activity. Get a family calendar, and write on it... "MY WORKOUT TIME". Your health is worth the effort..so, stop making excuses!
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  • ready2tryagain42
    ready2tryagain42 Posts: 202
    :drinker: Makes sense to me....
  • kgprice11
    kgprice11 Posts: 749 Member
    $86,400

    Does any of this sound familiar?
    I don't have time to exercise
    I don't have time to walk the dog
    I don't have time for me
    I don't have time to cook real food
    I go to McDonald's because I don't have time for anything else

    Well imagine if I gave you $86,400, with the proviso, you MUST spend it ALL tomorrow, not ONE penny should be left by the day after. What would you do?

    Besides scream "YIPPEE! I am rich"

    You would probably sit down with a piece of paper, and plan out every last penny, then first thing tomorrow, you would get up, and start spending it.. right? You would possibly spend hours working out what you were going to spend it on, starting FIRST thing in the morning.

    Well.. you have EXACTLY 86,400 seconds in a day. You will NEVER get those back, yet spend them without thinking about them. Instead of making excuses for not having time to do things.. PLAN. Get your family to plan their activity. Get a family calendar, and right on it... "MY WORKOUT TIME". Your health is worth the effort..so, stop making excuses!

    Hahaha nice way of putting it
  • CountryMom03
    CountryMom03 Posts: 258 Member
    SO true!! We are always good at making excuses to ourselves, its time to throw them out the window and MAKE the time, etc:) Our health is important!
  • ccguillory
    ccguillory Posts: 30 Member
    Great analogy! :)
  • d0gma
    d0gma Posts: 3,966 Member
    I've seen some people with a great cartoon for this as their icon. It shows a guy and his doctor, and the doctor is saying "What fits your busy schedule better, exercising for one hour a day, or being dead for 24 hours a day?"
  • skinnybearlyndsay
    skinnybearlyndsay Posts: 798 Member
    Wow. Good perspective! Thanks!
  • JessicaCBranch
    JessicaCBranch Posts: 18 Member
    Very true......it's why I like that quote "make progress, not excuses"
  • Namaste1983
    Namaste1983 Posts: 603 Member
    LOVE LOVE LOVE
  • dani22105
    dani22105 Posts: 76 Member
    Love this!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Love it!
  • gseburn
    gseburn Posts: 456 Member
    So, what you are saying is, the cheque is in the mail? I have it spent already! :-)
  • poesch77
    poesch77 Posts: 1,005 Member
    This is great! Thanks for sharing!
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    Everyone is full of excuses. It's when you deny yourself the use of those excuses that change happens.
  • AmadaLynn
    AmadaLynn Posts: 116
    This is AWESOME! Thank you.
  • BarbBlue
    BarbBlue Posts: 251
    That's a very good point!
  • laceylou0702
    laceylou0702 Posts: 226 Member
    SO AWESOME!
  • MaybeAMonkey
    MaybeAMonkey Posts: 247
    Love this sentiment!
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    Its true.

    In the same line of thought was the movie Groundhog Day.
    We all have time, its how we spend it.

    I'll take my check now please.
  • _RachelB_
    _RachelB_ Posts: 10
    LIKE!
  • cindaboo1
    cindaboo1 Posts: 150 Member
    This is an AWESOME analogy!! Thanks!:happy:
  • aprilgrl27
    aprilgrl27 Posts: 176 Member
    LOVE!!
  • high5girl
    high5girl Posts: 90 Member
    Awesome :)
  • angelamarie609
    angelamarie609 Posts: 10
    Love it :happy:
  • _Shelley_
    _Shelley_ Posts: 206
    I wouldn't need to plan what to spend that on. I would be paying off my student loans faster than you could give me that money. Now if only seconds would pay my student loans :(
  • deniselynn13
    deniselynn13 Posts: 120 Member
    I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!!!

    Amazing quote!!!

    Thank you so much for posting!
  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    I spend about 3300 seconds of those 86,400 seconds working out every day. Not a lot in the grand scheme of things, but enough to get a good burn in! Definitely worth it!
  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    :heart:
  • jojowink
    jojowink Posts: 189 Member
    thats great!! good motivator!! thank you for sharing:)
  • gogojodee
    gogojodee Posts: 1,243 Member
    LOVE this! Now THAT is perspective! Great analogy and motivation! Gonna print that off!
  • WhittRak
    WhittRak Posts: 567 Member
    Down payment on a house.

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