You have the choice to accept your life script you’ve written thus far or edit it so you can create a life that fulfills you. ~ Madisyn Taylor

Editing your life can be as simple as creating one new daily habit or it can be as grand as recreating yourself. 

When I attempt to develope a new daily habit or create a goal that I want in my life I use a 'daily action guide' that I developed to track my progress. It is a useful and productive tool but without any accountability I easily slip out of the habit or get stuck and forget about the goal. I am tired of wanting to make changes but not following through and giving up. Can you relate to that? How many times do you say in the morning "I'm going to (eat healthy, exercise, work on that book I'm writing, make that doctors appointment etc) only to find at the end of the day you haven't done it? I'm not looking for a nag as I am sure you aren't either but when we make a public statement of our intention it is so much easier to follow through.

So I am offering an opportunity for you to join me in an accountability group. This is a group that you can use to help you get special projects done or use it as it as a place to be accountable for your day-to-day activities meditating, exercise, eating healthy etc. The group will close once we have 10 members to allow a safe and supportive atmosphere. I'll create a second group of there is more interest so don't let that keep you from joining the group. 
I will set the group up so that we have a private Facebook page for daily communication and we will meet for one hour on a Google Hangout biweekly (the second and fourth Monday of each month at 1pm EST) beginning August 10, 2015. Let's use that time to share our successes or stumbling blocks that we need support with.

Last winter I dug out an old needlepoint that I had started over 30 years ago. I made the statement that I wanted to finish it and was looking for accountability. It was so much easier for me to work on the needlepoint and actually finish it once I had made known my intention. I finished the needlepoint part and then it sat in the bag just needing to be made into a pillow. So I mentioned on the accountability Facebook group that I began last week, I used it as something small to begin the group. Wouldn't you kow it when I was at yoga I was talking about the needlepoint and someone suggested getting it framed instead of making it into a pillow. I loved the idea and with in 20 minutes I had it at a local frame shop and now I am waiting for the framing to be completed. Phew that was easy! Actually it was much more stressful thinking about getting it done than actually doing it!

Are you ready to make those edits to your life, feel better about yourself and get closer to creating the life of your dreams?

Join me if you are ready to be accountable while getting support, giving support and celebrating all those successes! https://www.facebook.com/groups/786014708185441/

I had come to believe that I was afraid of commitment. I avoided making commitments and prided myself on living a life of freedom and whimsy. The idea of making a commitment felt strangling to me, that I would feel suffocated and would not be able to keep up my commitment. I was so afraid of losing my freedom, that freedom to be myself to come and go as I pleased. 

Two years ago when I rented my apartment I was uncomfortable with the idea of making a years commitment to my landlord. Oh but then I thought it should be easy to get out of the lease if I really needed to and that soothed my fears. Now I have been in the apartment for two years and love the comfort of it plus I like the safety of having a great place to live. 

Then a few weeks ago my partner asked me to marry her. Yikes, I was scared and nervous....what should I say, would I feel the noose of a commitment, yikes oh no what to say, what to say? There she was asking and there were my children both excited and waiting, waiting for my answer. After fumbling with a few comments I finally said 'Yes' and of course there was the thought that I could retract later if I needed to. Phew, this commitment thing is so hard........

Now in the last few weeks since we have become 'engaged' our relationship has been better than ever and there is such a sense of peace for me. I am no longer just 'in a relationship for now' or 'just hanging out with her a lot’; I am committed to the relationship. Not only am I committed to the relationship but also I am committed to making it the best relationship I have ever had. I am committed to embracing all the parts of the relationship not just the 'best' parts. The relationship has elevated from two people spending their lives together to two people committed to spending their lives together. Wow, what is incredible about this entire experience for me is the freedom I am feeling. Instead of feeling strangled by the commitment I feel so much freer to be myself and to appreciate who she is.

I was sitting in an A.A. meeting and it occurred to me that making commitments in my life creates more freedom on many levels. When I made the commitment to stop drinking I had a freedom because I was no longer controlled by the obsession of when I would drink next (mind you that was 25 years ago).

When I made the decision to give up sugar I also felt a sense of freedom since I was no longer constantly thinking about when I would eat something sweet again. It was such a relief to free myself of that obsession and have time to think of other wonderful things!

I have come to realize that by making a commitment to anything allows me to have the freedom of knowing what I will do without the constant wonder of it. By making a commitment to exercise everyday and then doing it, I am no longer wondering each day if I should exercise or not. What a freedom to know the things I will do without having to mull it around in my mind.

So now I know, making a commitment is not like putting a noose around my neck instead it is giving me the freedom to be who I am and that is a joy!