You NEED An Accountability Partner

You want to be productive.

You want to crush your days.

But you can’t seem to find the right motivation for it.

You start moving around in your bed trying to find a single thing that could get you out of that comfortable bed.

Instead of saying: “Fuck it, let’s kick some ass,” you reach for your cellphone and scroll on social media for 30 minutes.

Only for you to feel guilty about it for the rest of the day.

This used to happen to me sometimes.

Some days I couldn’t find a reason to get out of bed.

I was out of alignment with my inner self.

I didn’t have goals.

I didn’t have a purpose.

I didn’t have a reason to get out of bed every day.

Now that I’ve been on self-improvement for quite a bit, I don’t find myself in those kinds of situations.

Doesn’t matter if I’m motivated or if I’m not, I burst out of bed immediately.

Not touching my dick, no scrolling on social media. Doing what needs to be done.

But if you’re new to this world, you need the right kind of motivation to create that momentum.

The most common advice for this problem is to create your goals.

Sitting down and writing what you want to achieve in some areas of your life (fitness, business, etc.)

But creating your goals is a long and hard process.

It is not beginner-friendly.

It is not something you do once and never touch again.

It is a long process of iteration and self-discovery.

That’s why the earlier you start doing it, the better.

Now, this is not me telling you to not set goals.

It is imperative, you HAVE to do it.

But when it comes down to getting the motivation to do stuff, there is a simpler fix to this problem, an accountability partner.

Let me explain with a quick story.

Sometimes in my house, it is pretty difficult to sleep.

Lots of noise comes from the street, especially on the weekends.

Because of this, some Saturdays I wake up wrecked, and it makes it harder to go to the gym.

But I still do it. Tired or not tired, I go.

One day, my friend and I agreed to go to the gym on Saturday.

Keep in mind he lives in another city (20 minutes away from mine) so we don’t always go together, just on certain days.

Anyhow, we agreed to go together.

I normally do legs but I know he hates doing legs so we agreed to do arms and shoulder (it was a sick workout ngl. I hit a new shoulder press PR.)

But I had a problem.

The day before I slept like shit. I got caught doing some stuff and I went to bed kinda late.

The next day?

Not only was I tired, but I woke up a little bit later than usual. My motivation to get out of bed was nonexistent.

But then in the back of my head, there was this thought that I couldn’t cancel now, no matter how tired I was.

He not only was driving here from another town but also if I canceled on him like that, I would be a pussy.

Plain and simple.

The simple thought of not failing someone else and looking like a pussy, got me out of bed immediately.

That right there is the power of making commitments not to yourself, but to other people.

If I were to go alone to the gym that day, I’d probably try pussy my way out and find an excuse to not go. But with other people, you can’t do that.

If you fail to yourself, you’re a pussy. But if you fail someone else, you’re a bigger pussy.

So if you want a better way to motivate yourself, get yourself an accountability partner.

That is all from me.

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Tu amigo,
- Manuel