Being accountable to myself on the move

I’ve been away from my computer for a few days and it dawned upon me that that is no excuse for not writing every days.

As one of my goals for the next year is to increase how much writing I do, I decided to write more publicly to help keep me accountable for my own goals.

It’s very easy to fail with reaching a goal, such as making a new habit, when you can privately make excuses and let yourself off the hook.

Sharing a goal and sharing the journey helps keep yourself on track. Don’t do it FOR others, but do show others what you’re doing.

With regards to public writing, I realised that I’d not posted because I was making the excuse of not having my computer. This was such a bullshit reason.

So here I am posting via the WordPress Android app instead.

If the excuses we give ourselves for repeatedly failing at something we wanted to change about ourselves aren’t addressed then aren’t we just accepting failure without even trying?

I want to be more accountable and so I have to remove barriers to my own failure. Doing the writing isn’t going to get any easier on its own. I need to remove hurdles if I want to make it a habit I stick with.

Hurdle removed today is access to posting. Simples.