Have you made a commitment, either to yourself or someone else, that you haven’t quite lived up to?

We all do it.  Whether it be a New Year’s resolution or a promise to your kids, parents, brother or sister, or friends. We can all take a step back from our busy lives and take a deep look at our commitments or promises we have made to ourselves and our loved ones.

A commitment is a special promise to ourselves or loved ones.  It may be something small like spending more quality time with our significant other, or something big like watching what you eat and get regular exercise to reduce risk of health ailments.  Whatever it may be, we can all put-forth more effort to make these commitments work.

It is extremely easy to say you are committed to something, but the hard part is staying committed.  With the world today being so hectic and fast-paced, it is easy to forget about our most important duties as a spouse, parent, or friend…our commitments.

I want you to ask yourself, “What exactly are my commitments.”  Make a list of your commitments starting with the ones you feel are most important.  Once you have made this list, write down things that you can be doing better to live these out.  Don’t be afraid to discuss them with the other half of the commitment as well.  Everyday try to do one positive thing that will build on each of these commitments.  Once you have done this, you will see relationships improve and overall well-being increase.  So here are the steps to reassessing your commitments…

1. Make a list in level of importance of your commitments.

2. Write down actions you can be doing to better these commitments.

3. Discuss these actions with the other half of the commitment(spouse, child, friend, or yourself).

4. Each day try and do at least one action to improve each of your commitments.

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