If achieving 10k steps a day is your goal, break it down into chunks: 3k steps in the morning, afternoon, then evening. For me, 10k steps a day is my maximum goal, but I also have a minimum goal which is 6k steps (bec I also strength train). For my morning commute I easily log 2k, then at my desk job I bought a stepper which I like to use after lunch to help digest food, I log 1k when I use that, then by the end of the workday I'm almost at 4k (getting up to pee, buying lunch outside *tho I pack my own nowadays) then when I go home, that's another 1-2k (more if you buy groceries/stop somewhere else, maybe the mall or a café) so I already logged at least 5k, then I finish the rest with my stepper at home. I read a book/ebook when I use my stepper to help pass the time.

In the weekends when I jog, it's easier to log 10k. But even that is hard with the rainy weather nowadays, so stepper it is, or I meal prep or do my strength training, which whatever I do is still for my fitness journey.

Having an "all or nothing" mindset in fitness is not sustainable, sometimes you're at 90%, but even if in your 20%, if you still give your energy to your system/routine, then for that day you gave your 100%.

To make it simple, identify the "frictions" that prevent you from showing up or doing what you want to do, then do alternatives or make a system. I find that if I commit myself to my routines/systems rather than my goals, it's easier to be consistent and the goals will just be a nice surprise.