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Why “Not Feeling Like It” Will Never Be a Reason
Not Feeling Like It — Is This Keeping You From Your Dreams and Ambitions?
I can remember a humid Sunday during the summer of 2003 when I was not feeling like it in regards to making a call to someone I taught with at my school. We were a year round school and she had asked me to substitute for her one day the following week. I had initially said that I would do it, but after thinking about it for a day I had changed my mind. I worked in real estate part-time and wanted to focus on that instead of working at the school as a substitute. Yes, I would be paid and it was even at a higher hourly rate that I normally earned. I learned that “not feeling like it” will never be a reason or even an excuse for doing what you said you would do or what you intended to accomplish.
This teacher finally called me late that night and was not happy with my decision. She didn’t attempt to further convince me or to make me feel guilty about backing out of my promise to help her. Instead, she stayed calm and thanked me for my time and then we both hung up. It was then that I sat in my most comfortable chair while something played on the television I wasn’t paying any attention to. Her words continued to ring out, like little hammers banging nails into a board. What had I done to feel this way?
