Most days we know exactly what would make life go more smoothly. Organize our office, update the resume, and engage in meaningful conversation (move away from the computer).

It’s just not that hard to do…until it comes to taking action.

Our best intentions evaporate without action. There are tons of reasons we chose to remain immobilized.  I imagine you have your favorites. They’re like a default setting, and when we’re honest with ourselves, most don’t reflect who we truly are or want to be.

Last week I chose to be pro active. Rather than dig into my baggage about why I procrastinate, I reached out to a couple of friends who subscribe to the same theory of “do it later”. We enthusiastically agreed to be accountability partners.

Following the KISS rule of keeping it simple, we agreed to the following:
• How and when to monitor our progress
• Keep the goals  short and manageable
• For unmet goals, you will be confronted with “Why didn’t you do this task?”
• There will be no shaming or ridicule
• Any undone tasks roll over into next week’s list
• If a task goes undone for 2 weeks, we will talk about why we’re stuck

Thankfully, it’s working! With my healthy living accountability partner, I found it’s much easier to walk for 30 minutes four times a week than admit I was just too flippin’ lazy to do it! Geezz, who wants to admit to laziness, especially if you say it aloud?

The other partner is for work projects. Last week there was major movement on a couple of things that were so mired in the procrastination muck I needed the big bulldozers to get them unstuck! Whew! I stayed super focused and got it done. 

If you’re feeling stuck and unmotivated, an accountability partner might be your answer. It’s amazing how easy tasks become when the choices are “do it” or explain why you let yourself down again! Checking off even one small task empowers you to tackle others.

How about it? Don’t put it off another day. Call a friend and say, “Would you, could you be my accountability partner?” 

And with that you can check off one thing you’ve accomplished today!

Now is the time to Let Your Best Self Shine!

Hugs and prayers,
Elizabeth