Wednesday Word: Accountable

This week's Wednesday Word is accountable, and boy is this a good one for me to have to wrap my mind around for a bit.  Generally, I'm pretty accountable for the things I do for others, but I have difficulty holding myself accountable to myself.  My struggle is readily apparent in the constantly inconsistent nature of my blogging, as well as my flakiness on hobby commitments.  I tend to make a lot of excuses (some legitimate, others less so) but later I feel bad for not keeping those commitments.  I'm not really one for making new year's resolutions, but if I had to make one for 2016 it would be to figure out how to hold myself more accountable, and to follow through more often on projects or comments I start.

With some of the major life happenings I have on the horizon, staying accountable is likely going to be more difficult for me than ever.  In the interest of creating better habits and forging a new level of accountability in my personal life here are some things I'm going to try to keep myself on track in the coming weeks and months:

• Create shorter term goals for myself to break up larger goals into more manageable pieces.
• Post more of my personal goals on the blog through the Weekly Chase linkup.
• Create to-do lists - and make sure I'm actually checking things off in a reasonable time span.
• Schedule time to tackle projects that have gotten behind or need specific focus.
• Keep calendars of due dates or planned deadlines.
• Dedicate space to certain types of tasks, such as office space to blogging and work.
• Maintain better levels of organization, both at home and at work.
• Determine some sort of self-reward system for accomplishing daunting tasks.

I'm not 100% sure any or all of these things will actually help, but I'm trying what I can think to try and we'll see how it goes!  I am, of course, open to suggestion for better ways to establish accountability measure in daily life, so if you've tried something that has worked wonders in your life, there's a comment form at the bottom of the page with YOUR name on it!

Do you struggle with accountability?  What helps you stay on track?