“I'm having trouble building up healthy habits. Practising my instrument. Exercising. Improving my diet. I'm feeling guilty, but funnily enough that guilt paralizes me. I've given myself time and tried to be patient, lokk for the right moment. I've come to realize the right moment is always now. Doesn't seem to be enough. How can I motivate myself and set myself up for success?”

Another soul answered...

Structure your life in a way that leads to the outcomes you want. Make it easy to do the right thing, and hard to do the wrong thing. Instrument: put it in a conspicuous place, start playing every day something that you already know how to play - and evolve from there Exercise: 2 days a week, one with a PT, put it in your calendar. The PT is important because it creates external motivation while you bu;ld the habit. Your own day is important because it pushes you to come in on your own. 2 days rather than 3 or 5 or 7 is important because its small - if you have to go every day its not.easy enough to form the habit. Don't beat yourself up - its counter productive. Motivation is temporary. Form the habit.