How to Stay Accountable to Your Own Goals

Accountability doesn't require another person — it requires a checkpoint you can't avoid seeing. A written plan with monthly milestones and a copy sent to your own inbox does more than good intentions ever will.

• A written plan is harder to quietly abandon than a mental one
• Monthly checkpoints catch drift before it becomes months of drift
• Emailing yourself the plan creates a record you'll actually see again
• Public accountability isn't required — a fixed checkpoint is
• Reviewing what you missed matters more than reviewing what you finished