Perspective

Accountability is more than making your bed in the morning, taking the kids to school, getting to work on time, or organizing your paperwork.

Accountability is being responsible for making your life the best life possible.

But how do we make that happen? You do that by:

• making good choices

• being proactive

• allowing yourself some self-care time

• getting enough sleep to wake up on time to avoid the rush

• being mindful about our triggers so we can ensure our success in following through with our fitness goals instead of putting them off or giving up

Most of look at life from our limited perspective. From our front room. Our own path, experiences, religious backgrounds, or our perceptions of status. And this baggage fuels decision-making in our lives and the way we perceive those around us.

Have you looked at your life from a different perspective?

Some of us will put off doing things just because we don’t want to do that thing at the moment. Sometimes, however, those moments turn into months or years.

Putting things off until tomorrow is the opposite of accountability. The opposite of living your best life. The opposite of being responsible for making our lives the best lives possible.

Hummingbird

The other day I had to be very quiet and patient using my zoom lens to capture this tiny little hummingbird. She was playing with me by darting from place to place over and over again. The experience of trying to photograph her was comical for sure.

I’m grateful that the final photograph wasn’t the only gift. In the moment, I wasn’t thinking about how the exercise of taking her photo mirrored accountability and life! The hummingbird is the perfect metaphor for the world, as life darts around us with all of the external pressures outside of our control, whether it’s our children, work, spouses, clients, or the pressure we put on ourselves to climb the corporate ladder or have the perfect job.

Instead of focusing on the things we can’t control, like the hummingbird, we can endeavor to focus on ourselves and what we can do to enjoy life.

“Accountability breeds RESPONSE-ability.”

— Stephen Covey