Accountability Buddy

Accountability is the practice of owning our commitments and outcomes. This allows us to look forward into the future. It's a promise of who we could be, with a witness to see it.

Accountability is an easy step to miss when trying to change things. Especially when the change is a private one behind the scenes.

One useful tool for AI is to create an accountability buddy. Create a project in Claude, for instance, that you can come back to. Set a goal, and be honest about what you are working through. Write down (even better, speak into the microphone) when the Resistance shows up. While I do not think there is a substitute for having a real accountability partner in your life that you check in with, having a chatbox in your life to check in every hour of every day, that has unlimited patience, is something that is difficult to achieve in our fast-paced lives.

For instance, I think it is wonderful to set up a Fitness project that I check in each day. I write down what the scale says, how I slept, how I am feeling, what the schedule is for today, what I am worried about regarding snacking, and my meal ideas, to remind me of my fitness goals, and so on.

I could give you a prompt, but I think it's better to start and see what happens. Showing up every day is so hard to do. It is a practice. And having someone with more tools in our corner to help us stick to our commitments turns accountability into results.

Telling our version of the truth is easy when we don't have anyone to be accountable to.