Why do I always have a good reason to stay inside?

A man asked his friend to fish with him at dawn. Nasreddin said, wait, let me check if it's a good day. Too cold, he said. Then too hot. Then the moon was wrong, then the donkey was tired. His friend went fishing alone for a year and came home with baskets of fish. One day he asked, Hodja, when will you come? Nasreddin said, as soon as I run out of reasons. His friend said, you'll run out of days first. Nobody in this trap is lying. The weather really is bad some days. The task really is due. Checked one at a time, each reason passes. Added up over a month, they build a life spent indoors — and you never once decided that on purpose. This is why you don't fix it alone. One person negotiates with himself and always wins the argument, because he's the judge and the excuse-maker both. A pod, a partner, a team — they hold the date. Somebody else remembers you said yes.