{"id":24417,"date":"2015-01-24T17:32:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T22:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?p=24417"},"modified":"2019-11-05T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:07:09","slug":"19-reasons-to-back-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/19-reasons-to-back-down\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Great Reasons to Back Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t have time.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s too much conflicting information.<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t afford it.<\/p>\n<p>The timing isn\u2019t right.<\/p>\n<p>I have a family to think of.<\/p>\n<p>My spouse is unsupportive.<\/p>\n<p>My body isn\u2019t meant to do it.<\/p>\n<p>Everything in moderation.<\/p>\n<p>I wouldn\u2019t know where to begin.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m too old.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m too young.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not smart enough.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody I know has done it before.<\/p>\n<p>Surely it\u2019s already been done.<\/p>\n<p>People like me don\u2019t do stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have the right background.<\/p>\n<p>In any other economy &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What would my friends\/neighbors\/boss\/in-laws think?<\/p>\n<p>If only I\u2019d been brought up differently &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Fabulous excuses, all of them. They might even be true.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, there are so many good excuses out there that no matter what it is you\u2019re thinking of doing, you\u2019re guaranteed to find one that fits.<\/p>\n<p>You have a choice, then.&nbsp;You can let that perfect excuse stop you (again). Or you can use it as the evidence what you\u2019re about to do is worth it. That it matters.<\/p>\n<p>Because really, if there&#8217;s no reason not to do it &#8230; is there any reason<em> to<\/em> do it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t have time. There\u2019s too much conflicting information. I can\u2019t afford it. The timing isn\u2019t right. I have a family to think of. My spouse is unsupportive. My body isn\u2019t meant to do it. Everything in moderation. I wouldn\u2019t know where to begin. I\u2019m too old. I\u2019m too young. I\u2019m not smart enough. 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