Writing Accountability (without the shame)
How do I do what I say I’m going to do? Without: Accountability without shame is not just a “nice” thing or a way to love ourselves–though it is those things. It’s also a way to make it easier to succeed. Because the quickest way for me to decide to quit on a goal is to set an unrealistic expectation and then beat myself up when I don’t meet it. Unrealistic expectations, for me, are either: It is so very easy to fail at a goal like this. So, what is the alternative? Writing accountability without shame. Setting reasonable goals. Maybe sometimes not meeting them! And then, when we don’t meet them, adjusting them to make them even easier to meet. Accountability without shame is our practice in Time to Write. In fact, one of the main reasons I started Time …