FMF: Accountability

 I've decided to rejoin with the five minute Fridays again. Each week, they give you a prompt word and you simply write about that word for five minutes. Five minutes free-writing. No editing, no plan, just writing. 

This week's prompt word is accountability. Funny that's what the word is, since at the beginning of this month I started some new goals. Those goals have all been progressing pretty well. Here are my goals and how I've done:

Goal 1: Meditation. Meditate daily. I meditated 8 of the 12 days so far this month which I think is pretty good. I am working on making it daily, but it isn't something I've remembered as well. 

Goal 2: Water. Increase water intake. I didn't put an actual number of ounces of my goal, but just to increase. Since August 1, I have hit at least 64 ounces of liquid every day. For me, liquid includes coffee, soda, tea, energy drinks, water ect. Any liquid that goes in, gets recorded in my intake app. I got a new water bottle on the fifth and since then have had at least 64 ounces of WATER daily. It's helping for sure. 

Those were my two new goals from the first. Since then, I had my wellness visit. During that appointment, my doctor and I discussed my lifestyle (not surprising). She recommended I start with just 10 minutes walking per day. Then slowly add two more walks so that I am walking 30 minutes daily. Knowing that I don't have to just walk for 30 minutes is nice. I also need to make sure my new habits are attainable, something I will keep with. So, for my morning walk, I have been going during my first work break, around 9 am. 

I must admit it has been ROUGH for me the past 18 months since being home working. I literally don't leave the house. This goal helps me get out. I think if I make it two weeks of walking, I am going to treat myself to something. Not sure what yet, but I will! (comment with some of your incentive ideas). 

My other daily goals and how I did: 

Read 20 minutes daily - 100% 

weigh in once weekly - 100% (though I only had to do this once, so...) 

Bible study daily - 100% 

Take medications daily - 100% 

I think I'm doing pretty good this month so far. To keep me accountable, I have apps on my phone to track things, friends checking in with me and a checklist I do daily. 

To keep my goals, I need to be accountable to myself. 

My husband has been helping me out by asking about my goals regularly. This helps because I know he's going to ask, I better have something to tell him. Having that accountability is so important because it gives me another person who is holding me to my goals. 

This is something in life we need to have. People around us who will hold us accountable for our actions (or non-actions). Someone who will call you out and say "hey, you screwed up, fix this" but in a nice way. We all need accountability. Is there someone in your life that holds you accountable or is there someone in your life that you can help be accountable. I would suggest that you talk to someone about accountability and see what they think.