Be accountable to yourself.

When I tell someone that I am going to meet them at the gym, I show up. When I make plans to go to dinner with a friend, I arrive on time, if not early. When I commit to a coworker that I will have an email sent by the end of the day, I do it. When I have a meeting with a team member, I am in my office at least 5 minutes before the meeting. When I say that I will complete a project for someone else, I do it. When I RSVP to a function, I attend it.

When we tell others that we will do something, we often stay accountable to that and we complete it, do it or arrive when we say we will.

Here is the thing, when we are accountable to others, we are more likely to follow through.

Well what about being accountable to ourselves?

When I say that I am going to the gym and go, my energy is higher. When I commit to journaling 30 days in a row and do it, I am more grounded. When I say I am going to eat cleaner and follow through, I feel healthier. When I say I am going to write a book and complete it, I feel accomplished. When I tell myself to find a coach or therapist and set up an appointment and go to it, my mental well being feels nourished.

When I started realizing that making and keeping commitments to myself is just as important as doing so for others, I felt more fulfilled. I felt prouder of myself, I started having a deeper sense of respect and love for myself because staying accountable to me is most important.

How can you be accountable to yourself? Can you start with first having an accountability partner? Someone else that you can check in with once a week? Then once every other week, then once a month? Start accountability with someone else. Commit to actions, mindsets or timelines to someone else first. To help you feel the accomplishment of staying accountable. To help you possibly feel the disappointment when you break a commitment to someone else. That disappointment can lead to follow through the next time.

Then shift to making commitments to yourself. Commit to a movement plan. A nourishment plan. A connection plan. A self care plan. Commit these to yourself then when they are completed or accomplished, celebrate it.

You can do this. Keep going!