Why we put things off

1. Change is difficult for us. Staying as we are is often easier.
2. We don’t like the unknown. We prefer known comfort zones.
3. We worry about failing. We imagine the risk more clearly than the reward.
4. We are too busy. And we aren’t disciplined with our spare time.
5. We look for excuses to make us feel better about not trying.
6. Change needs a catalyst so the pain of change is less than the pain of staying the same, and we tell ourselves it hasn’t happened yet.
7. We talk about change but for some reason we are not prepared to give the words the action that they require.
8. We let the scale of what we need to do prevent us from taking small steps towards change.
9. We are not willing to sacrifice or go without in order to change something.
10. The dream isn’t powerful enough in our heads to lead us to want to do something to make change happen.