When contemplating what I wanted to create more of in my life, I began thinking where I struggle most/ what I lack in everyday life. After thinking about this for a rather short period of time, I knew what I needed the most work on is commitment. It didn’t take me long to determine this because I am very aware that I struggle with commitment on a daily basis. I have a very high “I” in my DiSC profile, and apparently committing is difficult for people who have a high “I”. Personally, I have a hard time committing to the smaller tasks in life as well as a lot of social things as well. I have always been a more stir crazy type of person, and my parents have always told me that I have always looked for the next thing which has always made committing hard for me. I know that it is very evident in my life as I have had close friends acknowledge my “commitment issues” and they all have tried to help me with it the best I can -- which I am forever grateful for, but I know this is something I must achieve on my own.

 

So, beginning this project I thought, what can I do to help my commitment that will hopefully help me the most long term. Not wanting to start with some massive project -- due to commitment issues (it follows you everywhere) I decided to start small. I decided that it was important for me to commit to my top priorities each day and not wavering from them until they were complete. I started doing this in a school sense. So everyday I have a little post it note on my laptop that has a list of everything I must accomplish that day. It doesn’t matter what other opportunities might come along that day -- I have to complete everything on my list before I am able to go off and socialize and have fun etc. Not in a sense that I completely lose a social life, but in a way that I am holding myself accountable for the different commitments I have made that day and completing them. I am hoping that this turns into a habitual thing that I end up doing subconsciously. Hopefully making these little commitments will in turn help me be able to commit to the bigger things in my life, but I know it will be a work in progress. I have noticed that implementing this into my everyday life has helped improve my work ethic and gotten me to achieve a lot more since I know I have to complete it in a certain time frame

 

I think for me, it is about knowing when the proper time to commit is, and only committing to those things that I know I can accomplish. In my coaching session, we had discussed the importance of not over-committing to things and having too much on your plate. We discussed that people will respect you for only being able to take on what you believe you can and what you believe you can achieve in the best possible fashion. It is not a bad thing to say no to people and sometimes those types of things are going to happen. I think for me it is also a matter of silencing my VOJ in terms of not worrying about the next best thing to come -- which usually makes me hesitant to commit-- and not being afraid that I’ll miss out on things. I think this will come as I improve on everything myself and I am realizing and acting upon the idea that the things that I have committed to are my top priority and there will be time for the other things in life, but what I have committed to is what needs to be taken on first. Granted, I know there will always be exceptions to all of these ideas but speaking in a general sense I think starting small will further help me improve on a larger scale down the road. I am excited to see how implementing this in my current life will help me grow as time goes on. It’s going to be a long journey but I think it’ll be fun if I really commit to it.