One of the women over at writer forums on WAHM.com had the idea to start up an accountability program. The idea is that each interested writer would team up with a one or two other writers to keep each other on track during the day. I teamed up with two women, one whom I talk to 2-3 times a day, and another whom I email back and forth with once or twice a week. I am also a part of the freelance writers accountability group through Google Groups, started by the same woman who had the idea for the accountability program.
It has been a month since I started the accountability problem. Am I getting more work done? Yes. Once you tell someone you’re going to get the work done, you’d better have a good reason for not getting anything done at all.
The biggest benefit of being a member of the program, however, is just having someone to bounce ideas off from, and having someone who understands the life of a freelance writer. Every time I get a great new client or a project for an existing client comes my way, it’s wonderful to know that there is someone there to cheer me on. Not that my husband and family aren’t excited about my success (they are), but other writers get it.
And those days when your just fed up with work? Your clients aren’t paying, Demand(ing) Studios is down (or the editors are driving you nuts), and you just need to vent? Yeah, my accountability buddies get that, too. And I gladly listen to all of their successes and stresses, too.
Having another freelancer (or two, or three) to talk to regularly is almost like having coworkers again. Although we all work for different sites (although we also work for a couple of the same content companies), the work is mostly the same. We all have to market ourselves, find clients, and we all have similar goals. It’s nice to not be working entirely alone anymore.
Interested in finding your own accountability partner? Join up with the WAHM Freelance Accountability Group. Get to know us, and then find a few accountability partners of your own! 
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