ACCOUNTABILITY CHAT

Are You Struggling to Get Things Done?

  • Would you benefit from encouragement and support?
  • Would you like to  feel happy and satisfied with your accomplishments today?
  • Do you sometimes find it hard to get yourself to do even the smallest tasks?
  • Are you working on something near and dear to you but you feel stopped in your tracks?
  • Do you need to wash the dishes but you just can not make yourself?

Welcome to ProNagger’s Accountability Chat, a free service to help you stay on task.

I honestly couldn’t have finished my manuscript without this service, thanks Nag  – author

The chat has been my dissertation life saver!

The chat helps me motivate. -Aj

I don’t think I would have gotten a thing done today without it.  - SW

The chat keeps me focussed – I’m easily sidetracked – and it’s also a record of the amount of time things take.  -Rose

It feels good to “woot” other people! -Rose

It motivates me to see others do their tasks -K

Sandwich each task between check-ins called “bookends.”
Here’s how it works.

  1. Commit to doing something. Write OPEN BOOKEND: and post the action you’re about to take. For the best results, you should plan to go do your committed activity right after you send your update.
  2. Go do your committed activity. Nothing is too big or too small. Bookends are best when the activity is one step or lasts 5, 10 or no more than 30 minutes. A one step bookend might be “go call my father.” A 10 minute action might be “10 focused minutes on revising first section of my manuscript.”
  3. Close the bookend. Come back to the chat and let us know you accomplished what you set out to do.
  4. Repeat. Start another bookend.

Before making your next bookend or leaving the site for the day see if anyone else just closed a bookend and congratulate them. You would be surprised how nice it feels to even have someone woot you for washing up the dishes. Bookend as often as you want, this chat is for you. Now and then I will run marathons. For the marathons you will want to work on a single project throughout the day or number of hours. I will host and be available for questions and support for these special events.

So go, bookend. I’ll be here myself as a part of the community, doing my own bookends.

Important: This page is like a drive-thru. Make your commitments and then go do them.