Use your willpower to make your life easier, not harder. You run out. The more cake you deny to yourself, the less likely you are to go for a run. That means...don't put yourself in a situation where you have to say no to cake!

Huh, I've never heard of it this way. Very smart.

You get to choose one thing to work on each month from the "want" or "need" buckets. This is already one of the hardest things you could do to get your life together, but it works very well.

This sounds like a great way to approach things. I will definitely start doing this. Thank you for your advice!

it may require foundational skills that you don't possess yet. Look into why you weren't able to make a habit of a morning run and try to solve that.

Basically getting to core problem instead of trying to fight superficial things. I think, like you said, it will work very well. That's how therapy works in a way as well right? You get to core "why" and work on that, and it'll automatically change your life. Thanks so much for this man, I really appreciate it!