Justice

You want to be judged fairly. You are also not telling the whole story about what happened.

What part of the situation do you leave out when you explain it?

Tell the full version to one person today, including your part.

You hold others to a standard you have been quietly bending. The invoice you chased and the one you are late on are the same invoice.

Where are you expecting promptness, honesty, or generosity that you are not giving?

Settle one thing you owe, in money or a reply, before you chase anything.

You want an apology. Notice how precisely you can list their faults and how vaguely you can list yours.

What would they say your part in this was?

Own one specific thing to them today, without a 'but'.

You are trying to make this decision fair to everyone. It cannot be. Someone bears a cost, and pretending otherwise just hides who.

Who pays for this decision, and have you told them?

Decide today and name the cost out loud to the person who carries it.

You keep the excuse close because it is true. It is also the reason you have not moved. Both things hold.

Which explanation for where you are has stopped being a reason and become a permission?

State one hard truth about your situation today with no justification after it.

You want the work judged on its merits. You have also not put it in front of anyone who would judge it.

Whose honest opinion have you avoided asking for?

Ask that person for a blunt read this week, and do not defend the work while they give it.