the Promise land

It is known that setting goals and earning rewards is the holy grail of self-motivation, but the task of setting goals and coming up with motivating rewards can be unmotivating in itself. 

Try to recruit our most beloved unit of measurement: a dollar.

If, like me, you have lost trust in yourself, this is a great place to make a U-turn. Make a promise to yourself and keep it. When you do - add $1 to your Promises Kept jar :)

The Promises Kept jar is for rewards. Movies? Fro-yo? New boots? Vacation? Treat yo'self! You earned it.

I set aside a budget of $300 / mo for 'fun and promises kept', so that's about 10 promises per day. Right now that's more than I'm willing to promise, so day 1: 6 promises to keep. Right now I have $0, but we'll see how it goes :)