This is the short list of things I need to deal with to be more accountable in my life:

• Be more proactive
• Stop smoking
• Build new business
• Create list of things to do for my "bucketlist"

So, as my loyal readership, (its always good to have my mother in my corner, at least) I will ask you to keep me honest in my efforts.   I'm going to lay out my shortcomings, ideas and strategies here.  Then, I will hopefully be able to report on the good things that happen because of my accountability.

First, I'm not the best at being proactive.  This has been a detriment lately, because instead of having a fall back on several things, I'm scratching to catch up.  It is like being a mother bird with eggs, but no nest.  It tends to be a little too late, when the problem is already there.

I have a tendency to see it coming, but think its going to be okay.  Is this a character flaw?  I definitely think so.  It would be easier to deal with it ahead of time, instead of making excuses to avoid it.

Now this is the most general thing that I have to deal with.  It is very general, but it has the larger effect on the rest of my life.  Read on, if you dare.

Things I will stop doing:

I'm tired of smoking.  The fact is, I lost enjoyment in it when packs went over $3.50 many moons ago.  Now, I'm just smoking because I haven't relearned how to do without it.  I'm using a new tool at becomeanex.org.   This is actually under way, but I'm making it known to more people so that I have more accountability to the task.

Now, I could go into all the reasons why I want to quit, but I'll list the top two.  First, I want to let the Cub know that her old man is smoke free.  She's asked for it, she deserves a clean air environment and she's so darn cute.  Second, I'm not healthy.  No, I'm not cancerous (yet), but I can feel the slowdown in my steps, and there is no question that my breathing isn't nearly as good as it has been when I was an athlete.

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