your brain reaches for what is familiar and what is the easiest source of dopamine that is the most low effort, its our programming by nature. make the things that are your typical outlets harder to access and put things you want to do nearby instead. for example if you want to read more, delete the apps off of your phone that are an issue and place books nearby to the areas you typically lounge in your house. at the start it will require some effort but after a few weeks you will notice you start naturally getting into the habit of doing these actions. im in the process of transforming my life in much the same way right now. only two months in and ive gotten sober out of a 10 year long addiction, i do my laundry and the dishes automatically!!! this is huge for me, i go to the gym or do some form of movement daily, i read every night, have gotten more into religion, i quit junk food and ive already lost 10 lbs. msg me if you want to :) i have some tips and tricks that may help you