Great article - inspired me to turn on the daily time limit to Instagram to see how much time I’m wasting on there looking at other people’s creativity instead of investing in my own. Find the tools to keep yourself accountable whether they are internal or external.
I capped it to 30 min., which when I did I thought to myself “while 30 minutes is definitely less than my current amount, is 30 minutes also still shamefully too much?” Shame will keep me accountable too.
In addition to shame, have you moved Instagram off the home screen or deleted it completely? Similar to how I won’t eat a full bag of chips if there isn’t a full bag of chips in the house, by removing the app, but still being able to get on the website, it makes me more mindful of what I’m seeking. That mindfulness allows me to pause enough to sometimes - but not always - say “nope” and avoid that distraction.
"Being accountable can be a bear. I’m confident I learned the meaning of that word while not delivering on the meaning of that word. It might as well be a four letter word with its versatility and weight. It’s a noun, a verb, an adjective...an albatross." This in particular hit me in a few ways:
1) Sometimes we need to fail to be successful. You learned about accountability by not being accountable.
2) The weight of being accountable to one's self is halved when you bring someone in on it.
3) The word bear, as it reminds me, I have not done my Bear Mile yet. Who will hold me accountable to it this month? Better yet: who will join me?
Great article - inspired me to turn on the daily time limit to Instagram to see how much time I’m wasting on there looking at other people’s creativity instead of investing in my own. Find the tools to keep yourself accountable whether they are internal or external.
I'd love to hear what comes form that! What did you set the time limit to? And do have an idea of how much time you were spending on it?
I capped it to 30 min., which when I did I thought to myself “while 30 minutes is definitely less than my current amount, is 30 minutes also still shamefully too much?” Shame will keep me accountable too.
In addition to shame, have you moved Instagram off the home screen or deleted it completely? Similar to how I won’t eat a full bag of chips if there isn’t a full bag of chips in the house, by removing the app, but still being able to get on the website, it makes me more mindful of what I’m seeking. That mindfulness allows me to pause enough to sometimes - but not always - say “nope” and avoid that distraction.
"Being accountable can be a bear. I’m confident I learned the meaning of that word while not delivering on the meaning of that word. It might as well be a four letter word with its versatility and weight. It’s a noun, a verb, an adjective...an albatross." This in particular hit me in a few ways:
1) Sometimes we need to fail to be successful. You learned about accountability by not being accountable.
2) The weight of being accountable to one's self is halved when you bring someone in on it.
3) The word bear, as it reminds me, I have not done my Bear Mile yet. Who will hold me accountable to it this month? Better yet: who will join me?
I'm in.