> 2. Start exercising more. Here's what worked for me: 1. Accept that 1 > 0. If I could only make it to the gym for 10 minutes on the bike, great! 10 minutes

> 2. Start exercising more. Here's what worked for me: 1. Accept that 1 > 0. If I could only make it to the gym for 10 minutes on the bike, great! 10 minutes of working out is better than zero minutes! It's not about doing your _ideal_ workout, it's about _doing any sort of workout_. 2. Optimize for time & comfort. I don't mean that your workouts should be easy, they should challenge you. However, I realized that I was wasting lots of time planning/reading/worrying about devising the "perfect" workout routine. This was eating up spare time. So, I went with the simplest routine that seemed like it would be good for me: alternating between endurance & HIIT workouts. I got an interval training app for my phone & apple watch, and used it on interval days, just used the apple watch's workout app for endurance days. Simple and totally doable. Now that I can't go to a gym, I'm alternating between doing 30 min runs and HIIT runs or just HIIT burpees in the garage. 3. Pay for expertise. This goes to my point above, but I paid for a personal trainer to show me how to do a kettlebell workout. We just met a few times, it didn't cost much, and it was useful. When I think about the time and stress I saved myself by just learning from the trainer, the expenditure ($30/30 min I think?) was completely worth it. Wound up not sticking with kettlebells (keep meaning to pick them back up...should just pay a trainer again), but that's OK. Good luck. Doing regular exercise does wonder for mental health, too. Just accept that the effects are cumulative :).