#TalkNerdyToMeLover’s @JenSquard
The other day I was chatting it up with @thtrnerd221, and we discussed how she isn’t super happy with her life. She isn’t sure where she wants to go with things, what she wants to do, and who she wants to be. Check out our conversation here (go ahead, do it, it’ll open in a new window so you can keep on keepin on). We established that part of the reason she is feeling meh is because she hasn’t been writing much lately. She hasn’t been getting around to it, and feeling meh makes you not want to do anything, and not doing anything makes you feel meh. Terrible cycle meh is.
I shared some of my thoughts with her, like how I try to write every morning and every night, first and last thing. It might not always be something significant (like this little diddy), but it is something. She just can’t find the time or motivation. Sooo totally understand that.
The reason I can make myself be consistent is accountability. I’m all about accountability. I’m not always enough to motivate myself. I like to have someone else to be motivated for. Honestly, the reason I make myself write every morning and every night is because 1)I know my life is nuts and I may or may not get to it during the day, and 2)@JenFriel expects it of me. I love lifecasting, and I so so so much appreciate the opportunity to do it with her, so I don’t want to jeopardize that by slacking off. I know that if I do,there is a solid chance that I will be “fired” from contributing (that may not be true at all, but it helps me).
I made a bunch of goals for 2011, and I am on my way to meeting a few of them already - like almost there. I know for a fact that’s because I made them so publicly here. I don’t want to have to come out and say that I failed. Ugh, that gives me the heebie jeebies just thinking about it. I need to be accountable to someone in order to make a change. I will only go to the gym if my friend Ashley is expecting me to go with her. I will push myself so much harder if someone is rooting for me.
Brooke doesn’t have that, there isn’t a force for her to be accountable to. There isn’t someone to call her out when she plays an excuse card. Until now, and that force is me. Brooke and I are going to keep each other on track, and we are going to grow and improve our lives together. Look, she already started:
When we talked about this earlier, she totally said she wasn’t going to post today. She had other things to do, and just couldn’t get to it. I reminded her that that was the problem...and it worked! She is on the track to building a happier mind and heart already.
Brooke, I’m super psyched to try this little social experiment out with you. I know we are going to kick some buns together.
Definitely check out Brooke’s blog: http://anythinggeek.wordpress.com and encourage her to work that thang! And share your thoughts with me, I would love to hear them. Let’s get accountable together, and we can all make each other better.
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Friday, February 25, 2011 at 2:01AM
