Justify.
"Oh, I am only going to the gym 3 times this week, I am trying to find a healthier balance." "I didn't eat much yesterday, so this second plate is actually from what I would have eaten then." "Well, I did run 5 miles this morning." "It was a long work week, can't we do it later?" "Well, we could put it on the credit card, after all, we've done well this past year with our budget." How we go about life trying to make sense of something that might not be our most logical choice, is amazing to watch. Go ahead, look for it in your self. Look for the small ways you spend your energies in convincing you, most of all, that a decision made was the right one. Now, we all use a weighing of pros and cons to make a decision. Like on Black Friday weekend when you see that gift for that special someone and it's $200 off and you justify the purchase now, on credit, to take advantage of the deals. Nobody could really tell ...