Meditate Awake

It’s easier to keep promises to other people than it is to keep promises to yourself. Why? Partly because when you promise something to someone else, they hold you accountable. Your sense of commitment overrides procrastination, laziness and personal insecurity. You have to do the thing because you said you’d do the thing. You can make this kind of accountability mindset work in a way that helps you keep your promises to yourself. Did you decide this would be the month that you’d workout every day? Promised yourself you’d write that book or launch that website? Create a sense of accountability by writing your promises down and telling other people about them. And don’t tell that sweet friend who you know will let you off the hook — tell your brother or sister or that friend with extremely high expectations of you. The person you know will call you out on your excuses.