What makes you accountable?
Remember my "Challenges" blog? Well, lets just say, I haven't followed through with them. Okay, with 2 of them, I haven't followed through with 2 of them. There, I said it! The only one I stuck with was the half-hour of exercise a day. So now I realize - it is time to get serious and make myself accountable.
It is one thing to give yourself challenges to do, it is another thing to stick with them and make yourself accountable to follow through on the challenges. When I made those challenges, I don't think I was truly being serious about them. I thought I could give myself 3 challenges and then I assumed I would do them (remember what happens when you assume?!?! Exactly). That, right there, was my first mistake.
So now it is time to make myself accountable to myself. It is hard to make yourself accountable to yourself when really, you are the only one who will know anyways, right? WRONG. YOU are your worst critic, YOU are the one that beats yourself up the most, YOU are the only voice you truly listen to in the end. So here is my plan of action on being accountable and following through:
1. Start off slow (just like I said in my "Challenges" blog - insect steps)... 3 challenges all at once was a little overwhelming (for me), so I have cut it down to 2 challenges: 1. half-hour of exercise a day; and 2. cooking for my family 4 times per week.
2. Each week write up an exercise/dinner plan ahead of time, such as, Monday - stair climb at 8:30pm/make pasta w/veggies, Tuesday - Boot camp at 6am/make chicken w/ rice, Wednesday - jog lake w/daughter - no time specific/make fish w/ veggies. etc. (you get my point)...
3. Check off each day that is accomplished.
4. Give myself an incentive for the end of the week (If all challenges are met by Sunday - add $10 to the 3 Month Challenge Jar - what's a challenge jar - its the jar that will hold the money that I accumulate for accomplishing my weekly challenges so at the end of my challenge date I can buy myself something good - something I usually don't or can't splurge on - like a pedicure or manicure or both!!!).
By doing this it will make me feel more accountable to myself. You should try it too, tell me if it works for you. I will keep you posted on my challenges too!
I do feel that I am accountable to mostly everyone like, my family, my friends, my work, Scott (my boot camp instructor), and now - Myself! Being accountable is so important. It makes you feel like you are doing something for a reason and that you have someone that is counting on you to do it. Letting that person down, even if it is yourself, is out of the question.
Set little goals and be accountable to finish them. Sometimes it isn't always easy, but knowing you are doing something for yourself may be helpful.
Take this challenge, be accountable to yourself and see how you feel. Know that nothing is worth doing unless it is something that challenges you anyway. We would all do the easy stuff all the time if we could, but what's the point in that? No pain, no gain - right?
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