Excelle

Number 2 is a pet peeve. My husband gets in these shame spirals around not keeping up-to-date with communication with family and friends. All of these things just seem like commitments you have to make to yourself, and then start acting on.

Not everyone makes these excuses! This is a bit too generalized ...

...Volunteering is not the same thing as caring... caring is something you can do on a daily basis, and to me, that is much more important...

...and cooking is something every person needs be able to do for themselves, but the way to start does not need to involve other people eating the food you make... it is better for you to FIRST experiment with cooking foods by yourself (perhaps after being inspired to do so by seeing someone else cook something similar to it or by eating that food and wanting to make it for yourself, or even out of curiosity)... you can show off your cooking skills once you are confident with the results of your cooking... also, cooking does not require an oven or too many ingredients. just get some olive oil and veggies in a pan on the stove and there you go.

as for keeping in touch, well isn't that what social networking sites are for? and creativity is not exactly necessary, but if you are a creative person, your creativity will come out whether you want it to or not....

Lastly, for working out, you don't even have to step outside your bedroom to do that... a fifteen minute workout at home is all you need... i know here where i live the weather is not too great so people make that an excuse not to work out, but you don't need to go outside to workout... plus, at home no one will be looking at you so you can work out in whatever strange outfit you want to wear :)

I think a lot of these excuses stem from people making things much more complicated than they actually are.