While you sit pondering half way through January if your New Years Resolution to get control of various aspects of your life is attainable or not, here I sit at my computer thinking of ways to convince you that giving up two weeks into the year is not the answer. Sure, getting out of debt, cleaning up your house, and managing your time are important things. And I promise you that very few of us, if any, wake up in the mornings thinking, “Gee, I hope I get to clean up a whole bunch of crap today followed by a good checkbook balancing, dinner making and some fun errand running.” It’s just not what we want to do, but we do it anyway. To keep you sane, and hopefully smiling, here are a few (10 to be exact) excuses that are commonly used to avoid doing those things that just need to get done, and make us feel better afterwards.

10. Eventually my kids will get sick of living in a pig sty, and clean it up themselves.

9. Getting organized reqires time… this I do not have.

8. Being disorganized is just part of my personality, deal with it.

7. Having a cluttered home is more fun. Looking for lost (or un-lost) items turns into a cool “treasure hunt” game, which gives a daily sense of accomplishment every time I find something.

6. Just one more TV show…

5. I’m not disorganized, I just have my own special filing system and a memory like an elephant.

4. It will be MUCH easier to organize my life next year when I have more time.

3. My parents were bad examples, it’s their fault I’m disorganized. I can’t do anything about it.

2. I have children. What’s done today will be undone tonight.

1. If I really wanted to get organized I never would have become unorganized. I am thus surrendering myself to my subconscious with the hopes that it knows what it is doing… I could really go for a tofu burger right now.

Feel free to leave your excuses in the comments… I’m more than happy to make this a top 20 or a top 100 list. Happy National Get Organized Month!