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I used to think accountability was just about me.
Did I do what I said I was going to do?
Did I stay disciplined?
Did I follow through completely?
Simple, right?
Yeah… not even close!
There have been times in my life where I kept saying I wanted to change… I wanted peace… I wanted to heal and I was done living the way I was living.
But I was still sitting in the same environments.
Hanging around the same people.
Entertaining the same patterns that kept dragging me back into the same dark places.
And then I’d get frustrated with myself.
I would say to myself… “I need more discipline.” “I need to try harder.” “I need to get my shit together.”
But the truth of it all?
I wasn’t just lacking accountability to myself… I was refusing to hold my situation accountable.
And that’s where most people get it twisted…
You can’t expect to grow in a place that’s built to keep you stuck.
You can’t keep answering calls, texts, invites, and habits that pull you backwards… and then get mad at yourself for not moving forward.
That’s bullshit!
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At some point, I had to look at everything around me and ask a harder question…
Is this helping me become who I say I want to be… or is it destroying me?
That question will mess with you… because it forces real decisions.
Distance… boundaries… saying no when it would be easier to say yes.
Accountability isn’t just about waking up earlier or working harder.
It’s about having the guts to change your environment, your circle, your habits… and anything else that’s not aligned with where you’re going.
Because if you don’t?
You’ll keep blaming yourself for outcomes your environment is helping create.
That’s not growth… that’s a trap!
So yeah… hold yourself accountable.
But don’t stop there…
Hold your situation accountable too.
Your life doesn’t change when you just decide to be better, it changes when you start removing what’s keeping you from being better.
Jeff
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