Accountability

Having an “accountabilibuddy” (as I’ve heard it called before) right now would probably be a very good idea for me. Normally, willpower is a strong point of mine but, I keep putting off doing what I know I should be doing. I’ve never felt that I might need an accountability partner to help me stay on track because I can manage to hold myself accountable quite well.

But not lately. I tell myself over and over and over again that I should be doing something productive with my time. I’m not doing a very good job of listening to myself, though. I spent the spooky season not writing what is basically a ghost story. I can only blame myself on that one.

Now it is NaNoWriMo and I don’t intend to waste it. Although I don’t need to hit the 50,000-word mark, I still plan to utilize the atmosphere created around NaNoWriMo. So much information is shared to help authors get their novels done this month that I am hoping it will motivate me to really get back in the habit of writing.

If this month passes and I still haven’t gotten back into writing, I might have to do something drastic, like find someone to hold me accountable. I don’t like the idea of outsourcing something that I normally take care of. But I may have to fire myself for doing a terrible job.