My new mantra

I was putting on my running shoes a few seconds ago and I realized that I really do need a new mantra. I've been told that the thing that holds me back is my mindset. For my whole life I've been so scared of failure that my mantra has been "why bother?" I tried to find what mantra will inspire me to action, and at first I thought it should be "Do or do not. There is no try." But then I realized that maybe I don't want a mantra that is supposed to inspire me to action when said words of inspiration are spoken by Yoda. These words are profound... but it actually backfired on me. I opted for "do not." So as I was lacing up my faded running sh0es, I heard a voice in my head and it said: "No excuses." This is me in a nutshell. I'll spend an hour in my head thinking of all the reasons I can't work out. I have a midterm. I have work. I have a paper. I have reading that needs done. In that hour that I've outlined all the reasons I can't, I've done absolutely nothing, not even one thing from the list of things that need to be done. So today when I was getting ready to do my exercises, I thought "I have no excuses." It's a lie I tell myself when I say I don't have time to exercises because the truth of the matter is, I waste so much time doing nothing, that this argument no longer holds up at the end of the day. I have all the excuses in the world and I need to rid my brain of all of them. So everyday when I wake up, I hold myself accountable. I'm reminded of what Bob Greene tells Oprah every new year, "Exercise is non-negotiable."