You've probably heard it from your family and friends and most likely have heard it from motivational or personal development sources - Don't make excuses for things you have done wrong. Excuses, Excuses - for your failures, shortcomings, mistakes, and so on. Though I agree and am all for taking responsibility for most of those, this is not what I want to talk about. I actually want to talk about how good it is to find excuses. Yes, I said 'find excuses'. New Year's day or