Don't say anything!

Do yourself a favor and watch this video (Thanks Amy!):
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/lang///id/947

Apparently there is research that suggests that if you say you are going to do something but don't actually do it, you still feel good/accomplished because you said you were going to do it. And because you feel accomplished you don't actually do it.  I get that but I think I am the opposite for most things. Last year when I was writing a blog I asked myself almost everyday what I could do to make my journal more interesting for that day. Not for anyone else but so when I looked back on it I would think I spent my life well in that year. 

I do see where it would be true especially with exercise. If I say I am going to do something, I think I am less likely to do it sometimes but with the advent of facebook I feel like more often than not it holds me accountable to actually go and do that thing - and then checking in. I feel like if I don't do something when I say I will it's equivalent to lying. And I hate lying. When I put myself out there I am more likely to hold myself accountable because I KNOW people are going to ask me about it. It happens all the time. But if I have no one else to answer to, sometimes I let myself slide big time.  

But it is interesting to think about.