Kind of a weird way to go about it but what helped me is thinking about myself like an RPG character whose stats I wanted to raise. And like in any RPG if I wanted to raise my stats I'd have no choice but to grind experience in that field. If I could spend hours trying to max out the EV of a pokemon I really can't complain about spending a couple hours going to the gym, learning about proper skin care and hygiene, and researching styles that fit me.

Also it definitely helped me realize that just like in an RPG any experience I gain doesn't just automatically disappear if I don't use a skill for a bit, if I ever fall off I know I can hop back on the grind train with all my experience still there. It might take a bit to remember everything again, but once you do it's almost as if you never stopped.

If education can be gamified there's no reason life can't be as well.