accountability buddy

Mutual commitment friend

An accountability buddy is someone who helps you stay committed to a goal by checking in on your progress.

The arrangement is usually mutual—each person monitors the other's efforts toward their respective aims.

Common in fitness, writing, and habit-building contexts: My accountability buddy texts me every morning to make sure I went to the gym.

Related

no excuses · ally · mutual support · support system · peer support · responsibility · progress · planning · check-ins · weekly check-in · mentorship · positive reinforcement · tracking · follow-through · goal-setting · habit formation · time management · productivity

Opposites
social support structure

accountability buddysolo effort

going it alone · self-reliance · flying solo · lone wolf · working in isolation

motivational source

accountability buddyself-discipline

Regulating one's own behavior

intrinsic motivation · internal drive

interpersonal dynamic

accountability buddyenabler

One who facilitates harmful behavior

saboteur · bad influence · toxic friend · underminer · naysayer

Family

accountability, buddy, account, accountable, accountant, accounting, accounts, accounted, unaccountable

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G