This is Mojo for Running podcast number 117.

Accountability Hacks.

Welcome to the Mojo for Running podcast. I'm the coach, Debbie Boyles, and this is the podcast for

middle of the packers, regular people not afraid to work up a sweat, who embrace the outdoors

and that wonderful feeling of endorphins surging through their veins. My goal is to provide the information you need to achieve

your goals. Let's talk about accountability, and by that I mean methods of holding yourself

accountable. I call them hacks, because if we know we should do something, if we decide

it's worth doing, then logically we should do those things,

letting our minds guide us. But in reality, we have a choice to make it all times, every

minute of every day. We constantly make the decision of whether to continue to do what we're

doing or to do something else. Inertia plays a big role in this whole equation because if you're not working out,

if you're not training, if you're sitting comfortably on the couch, it's easier to stay

comfortable on the couch.

You know that staying put will not move you any closer to your goal, but the problem is that it's really easy to imagine

that skipping just this one workout and won't have a huge impact. That's true, of course,

but the problem is that one day can easily turn into two, or it could be two days a week,

or something else, and you can bet that before long it does make a difference, a big one. When your motivation

to get out the door is not as strong as your inertia, you have a problem. And if you give

into it, then the inclination to give into it the next time will be greater. So you need some hacks

to push you in the direction of what you know you should do rather than what you have the desire

to do at any given time. Of course, this isn't always a problem, and for some people, those with

type A personalities, this isn't a problem. In fact, the opposite is a problem, but this episode

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