I can offer some pointers that have worked for me:
- Do what you like and what you can tie into an overall larger meaning. I made goals that sounded great on paper, but when confronted with factual reality couldn't be prioritized. So now I set goals to deal with some aspect of myself I want to change (e.g. tackle impostor syndrome, fear of becoming lazy/fat, etc.). Then when I feel like I want to give up, I just ask myself whether it's worth it, because I performed a cost/benefit analysis at the time I started and it was worth it then. Usually it is worth it to push through.
- Build an environment that helps you stay on track. I cancelled my home internet when I realized I watched too much YouTube. Now if I want to watch YouTube at home, I have to download videos via youtube-dl and watch them offline. When I want to walk for a while, I leave my wallet and metro card at home.
- Forgive yourself. It's okay to make mistakes, or slip a day or two. Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up. In fact, IMHO we don't learn to fail enough and so we don't actually know our true limitations and don't learn to push our true boundaries.
- Do what you like and what you can tie into an overall larger meaning. I made goals that sounded great on paper, but when confronted with factual reality couldn't be prioritized. So now I set goals to deal with some aspect of myself I want to change (e.g. tackle impostor syndrome, fear of becoming lazy/fat, etc.). Then when I feel like I want to give up, I just ask myself whether it's worth it, because I performed a cost/benefit analysis at the time I started and it was worth it then. Usually it is worth it to push through.
- Build an environment that helps you stay on track. I cancelled my home internet when I realized I watched too much YouTube. Now if I want to watch YouTube at home, I have to download videos via youtube-dl and watch them offline. When I want to walk for a while, I leave my wallet and metro card at home.
- Forgive yourself. It's okay to make mistakes, or slip a day or two. Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up. In fact, IMHO we don't learn to fail enough and so we don't actually know our true limitations and don't learn to push our true boundaries.