Excuses keep us small, prevent us from growing, expanding and being open to new opportunities so why do we keep using them?                   It is easier to keep doing what you have always done because change requires effort.  Your brain is hard-wired to take the path of least resistance and if repeating the same old excuse keeps it simple, your brain will choose it by default. Old belief patterns operate continually in the background and can sabotage your movement forward without you