Third—and this is hard, I know—but pick the top priority only, and take some steps to strategically and intentionally impact that one big thing. Don’t overhaul the system, especially not at first. Take action to change the most important thing, and don’t let yourself back down from that. Willpower is a resource, just like our energy. It’s not unlimited. And one of the reasons that “change all the things” doesn’t work is because we’re spending our willpower in tiny increments in too many places, and then it runs out.
