At the end of the day we are accountable to ourselves – our success is a result of what we do
Catherine Pulsifer
Personal accountability, to me, is threefold. And I truly believe that each is of equal importance.
* making an ongoing commitment to ourselves and what is important to us
* continually choosing to take ownership for ourselves and the conscious choices that we make
* being honest about the stories we tell ourselves and excuses we make for ourselves
Personal accountability doesn’t mean that we have all of the answers, that we have solved all of our issues and every day is ‘perfect’.
The most simple way that I can sum it up is doing what you say you will and if you don’t do it, you can’t pretend you did.
I’m writing this in the time of Coronavirus. Covid-19 has meant that many of us, around the world, are asked to stay at home, stay safe and save lives.
This lockdown has thrown our routines out the window and has left some of us feeling a little stressed and worried. And all of the emotions we are feeling at this time are valid. How we respond to these emotions, the choices we make, often comes down to individual responsibility.
To be able to continue along our health and wellness path at this time means that we need to be giving attention to all areas of our lives – and how one affects the other. Wellness requires a “whole person” approach – our attitudes, sleep, nutrition, lifestyle and habits – all these aspects of our lives should be used and should be given some attention. Getting well, being well and healthy, can be achieved by taking personality responsibility for our current situations (no, not that the world is facing a pandemic but that you are either standing, sitting, lying down etc). What happens in our homes, in our kitchens, is up to us.
Every past attempt, every future attempt, at improving or maintaining my health and wellness has one thing in common. ME.
Weight loss surgery was an absolutely life changing experience for me. Five years down the track, I know that the procedure I had assisted me greatly by reducing my hunger for a time but the hunger comes back and the temptations are always there and the emotions always bubble up and I will always be able to come up with reasons why I should or shouldn’t do something.
What I have learned is that at the end of the day, it is the choices that I make and the ownership I take of those choices that determine how successful I am and how successful I will continue to be in the future.
The very basic things that I do on a regular basis to maintain my healthy life are;
- Acknowledge what I can control and what I can’t and focus on what I can leave and leave the rest
- When I make a choice, I own that choice. I can’t place the blame on someone else for a decision that I made
- I make plans and I stick to those plans – or if I don’t stick with it, I have to be honest about that and then either change the plan or sort my shit out
- Be honest about what my priorities are. I make appointments with myself and I keep my appointments.
To start taking personal accountability, or to reset those accountability habits, I’ve been talking and listening to people about what is hard about life at the moment. And I get it. Getting back to basics can actually be quite the mammoth task – because we make it so damn big!
So I have simplified it, using my Coaching App, to a 2-week accountability habit formation. The app will aid as a journal and I will be your buddy.
The Complete Accountability Project is currently going through it’s final test run! I’m looking forward to launching it very soon.
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