Is there a goal you keep meaning to start but somehow never do? What's holding you back?

A natural way to answer

There's one goal I keep postponing: clearing out my old paperwork. It's not exciting, so it always slips to the bottom of my list. Nothing's really stopping me except myself.

Key phrases to use

• put it off — delay doing something until later“I keep putting off the dentist appointment.”
• slips to the bottom — gradually becomes the lowest priority“Exercise always slips to the bottom of my list.”
• talk myself out of it — convince yourself not to do something“I was going to apply, but I talked myself out of it.”