How To Beat The Slump Of New Routines

Be Accountable To Someone Else

The buddy system works wonders for goal-oriented behaviors. While accountability has a well-known relationship with the concept of critique, when it comes to attaining goals, it relates to support and encouragement. Human beings are a social species and sharing information or ideas tends to cement them in a group context. To be accountable to someone else entails sharing goals, which makes them more real for everyone.

In short, you are less likely to grow discouraged by a perceived lack of progress and more likely to find inspiration and new ways of approaching your goal if you talk about it and check in with a friend or mentor. Whether you work with a single person or a group, talking about challenges and celebrating incremental achievements helps keep you working towards the larger objective. Differing perspectives can provide the tools you need to reframe your ultimate goal, work around practical issues that arise over time, and refresh your determination during periods when life intervenes, or obstacles present themselves.

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