# Lies you always tell yourself and you always believe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551 "2019-12-08T05:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/1 "2019-12-08T05:44:19Z")
I have the day off tomorrow. I’m going to do so much. Clean the bathroom, do laundry, clean budgie cages, vacuum, aquarium water changes. I’ll make a dentist appointment and also an appointment to get my shots for my trip. Tonight I really believe this. What will actually happen tomorrow: Sit in front of the computer, wearing my pajamas and drinking tea till noon. Decide I don’t really need to do laundry, the bathroom’s not \*that \*dirty, I’ll “forget” to make my appointments and then, at 4 I’ll do the only thing that has to be done - clean budgie cages and aquarium water change. At 8:00 I’ll realize that not only have I done nothing, I’ve forgotten to shower and now I’ll have to have one in the morning. But I’m going to get so much done tomorrow!! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/2 "2019-12-08T06:25:24Z")
I totally represent that. And all the stuff I was planning to do this Saturday will now be done tomorrow (ya, right)! ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/3 "2019-12-08T10:21:26Z")
Add a trip to the gym to your list and I’m right there with you. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/4 "2019-12-08T10:25:22Z")
that is me everyday since i was abut 10 years old … ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/5 "2019-12-08T11:45:06Z")
For many years I told myself all those same kinds of things everyday and believed them. Eventually I grew up some, and quit believing most of that stuff. More recently, I grew up even more and mostly quit even telling myself all that stuff. Why even bother to make a list? (And of course, I’ve long since quit making New Years Resolutions.) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/6 "2019-12-08T13:16:42Z")
**FloatyGimpy** , I do the same thing. The trick for me is to put only one item on my to-do list: (1) close the laptop. Usually, that’s all it takes. After five minutes of no internet, I get bored and start doing chores. My lie is that I tell myself I’m going to start eating salads twice a day. I did this once, years ago, and lost a lot of weight. However, I OD’d on salad then and now I can’t eat them more than twice a week or so. But I keep lying to myself that I can go back to that! Gah. Salad. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/7 "2019-12-08T13:18:24Z")
I have the hardest time making doctor appointments for myself. I actually have to plan for it, much as you’ve described. Inner monologue: _Yeah, let’s see, I’m off next Thursday, I’ll call for my physical and eye doctor appointments on Thursday._ Then, next thing I know, it’s Thursday afternoon and it’s “too late”. I’ll do it next day off. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/8 "2019-12-08T15:54:47Z")
My entire phoney life is one big lie I tell myself. I don’t really believe it anymore, just accept it and drone on. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/9 "2019-12-08T15:57:25Z")
Life is worth living is a total lie. Yet I go on. And on. And on. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/10 "2019-12-08T16:39:37Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > **FloatyGimpy** , I do the same thing. The trick for me is to put only one item on my to-do list: (1) close the laptop. Usually, that’s all it takes. After five minutes of no internet, I get bored and start doing chores. If there are things I really must do I usually do my trick of “10 and 10”. I’ll set my phone for 10 minutes and I work for 10 minutes, then I sit on the computer for 10 minutes. Back and forth till I get stuff done. Or I get “enough” done 😃 Mmmmm, so warm and comfy in my pajamas, sipping my tea. I’ll start doing stuff in a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/11 "2019-12-08T16:58:04Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Tonight I really believe this. I suspect that this is, itself, a lie you tell yourself. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/12 "2019-12-08T17:11:08Z")
Tomorrow, I am throwing out all the sweets and chips and crappy “food” and eating healthy. Tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/13 "2019-12-08T17:25:27Z")
I’ve been really bad about this the last few years. I used to have a hobby that used up every one of my vacation days by early October. Now that I’ve abandoned the hobby I end up with a bunch of vacation days to burn around Thanksgiving and the end of the year. I take the days off with big plans for getting projects done around the house. What actually happens, time after time is that I shut the alarm off at 5:45 AM and sleep way too late. Sleeping late does not refresh me, it drains my energy. But sleeping in feels so good while I’m doing it. So, I get up and drag myself to the warmest room in the house, my “office”. That’s where the desktop is and I start checking all my regular stops on the internet. Once I get all toasty warm, I’m increasingly reluctant to venture to the colder parts of the house, let alone go outside. That said, I did take Friday off last week and from Thursday after work to Saturday afternoon I spent a lot of time outside getting caught up on leaf management. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/14 "2019-12-08T18:08:35Z")
Said to my inner self last night: “I’ll be in bed by midnight, and out of bed by 9 AM feeling good. I’ve got some places to go and when I get back some yard work to do”. I just “had to” watch one more episode of a series I’ve been binge-watching, and my pre-bedtime routine ( brush/floss, load coffeemaker ) dragged out for unforseen reasons. In bed by 1:45 AM. Feel right to sleep. Woke at slightly after 6 AM for a swig of water. Tossed and turned till 8 AM or so. Slept fitfully till 10:40 AM. Felt groggy. Two mugs of coffee later, I feel awake but still tired. Will accomplish all I intend to do, albeit in a hurried manner and feeling somewhat lousy. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/15 "2019-12-08T19:50:48Z")
I actually do have a dentist’s appointment and really will make it. I will also spend an hour at the gym, clean the kitchen, bake some biscotti, prove a new theorem, and run a marathon, not. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/16 "2019-12-08T20:07:38Z")
I never believe the lies I tell myself. I know myself too well in that regard. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/17 "2019-12-08T20:14:50Z")
“Yaaaawn” well it’s 12:13 and I’m still in my pajamas. I did make myself some breakfast though so that sort of counts as doing something. We’ve decided to have a movie day so I don’t imagine much of anything getting done except budgie cages and water change. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/18 "2019-12-08T23:40:46Z")
At night I take my meds (prescribed and self-selected) and tell myself how great I am and what all I’ll do tomorrow. I’ve forgotten that by morning and must face the truth of what a useless wretch I am. I assure myself I’m too sharp to lie to myself. Is that a lie too? Things to do: A long, tedious list, easily procrastinated, so no worry. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/19 "2019-12-08T23:49:51Z")
I’ll only have a few spoonfuls of ice cream… ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551/20 "2019-12-08T23:55:28Z")
I still have a chance with my ex. I’ll have learned to read more Chinese characters a year from now, yes I will… I’m going to save money this year, meaningful savings. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lies-you-always-tell-yourself-and-you-always-believe/844551.md?page=2)