Last Sunday I did not go Live on Instagram as I promised in my newsletter. I said I would go live every Sunday of September and I went on Live for 2 Sundays in a row, however, the third Sunday did not work out because of my lack of coordination with my planned guest. I also admit that I wanted to visit my parents that Sunday evening because I couldn’t do it over the weekend as usual. So, I simply did not do a Live. I did not apologize for it in my newsletter. I did not apologize for it in an Instagram story. I thought to myself “people are busy already, it’s not like they are waiting for it, I only mentioned it in my newsletter 2 weeks ago, oh and at the end of the 2nd live too when my guest and I said we’d continue the subject the week after…”.

Maybe it is true. Maybe people were actually too busy to notice I did not show up Live as promised. But, I knew. I made a promise. I should have honored that promise, or at least given an explanation of why it wouldn’t work out. I could have checked with my guest and found out she wouldn’t be able to make it early enough to be able to invite another guest or prepare a topic to talk about on my own.

Here is my late apology. I will show up on the 4th Sunday as promised.

This is your gentle reminder to work hard at keeping your promises, too.

Your word is your promise.