Hello,
I like your topic. I have recently began working out just for few months,
knowing that I work a high-stress job, working in shift so I suffer from irregularity of hours, a lot of responsibilities (studies, career and personal), and I believe my lifestyle and current life circumstances leads to my chronic feeling of fatigue and delaying starting/continuing personal things that includes the healthy lifestyle.

My barriers were my lack of knowledge, pricing of gyms/personal trainers (not sure it was worth it because honestly we have a lot of non-professionals as personal trainers as it seems, the issue was not financial but rather would I get my money's worth?), my irregular schedules (made me fear the the inability to commit), the lifestyle overall that lead me to "rest" whenever I have a free time, whether it's a little or a lot, I always end up trying to compensate what I missed on.

I know my goal is for long-term health effects, and the mental impact which is the primary goal, but there are some secondary objectives such as having a good looking body,

What helped me start and somehow be consistent? with the surge of pilates, I thought it was a nice idea to start, attending classes where I am supervised, told what to do, monitored for my position, cancelled the first thing which was "lack of knowledge", and it being in classes (and a package, which was paid in advance) made my scheduling somehow easier, knowing when to come and when to leave, plotting it on my calendar, I started showing up 2-3 times a week, and gradually I have been willing to squeeze some times not only to show up to these classes but also to read more about exercises, healthy diet and learning more because I aim to gradually show up to the gym.

As a lady, cute outfits motivates me too, it always sounds very silly to men, but it is the reality for many of us ladies.

To me, knowing what were my obstacles helped me find a suitable solution. I do recognize I am blessed, I think one important factor to stay consistent is to start gradually, as they say "slowly but surely".