I naturally fall into a loose form of intermittent fasting - I've never been a breakfast person, and I tend to forget to stop for lunch. Most days, I don't usua

I naturally fall into a loose form of intermittent fasting - I've never been a breakfast person, and I tend to forget to stop for lunch. Most days, I don't usually think about food at all until around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and eat around 6pm. It takes zero will power at all, and if I get hungry earlier (or want to go out with coworkers for lunch or get hungry again later in the evening), I'll still eat. I just usually don't, and tend to stay in an intermittent fasting state >80% of the time. It also acts as a natural counterweight to my generally poor eating choice, which would not be sustainable if I ate more frequently. But it takes a _massive_ amount of willpower for me to be active. I frequently switch between highly technical work to executive-level engagement to client management and business development work, all within the same day, and it leaves me completely mentally exhausted at the end of it. In fact, I _don't_ have the willpower to force myself to be active most of the time. But I have a few friends that I am eternally grateful for, who are like energizer bunnies and always going, understand that aspect of me, and share their willpower with me when needed. They're able to tell when it's time to ignore my declining their invites and to show up anyway and drag me out to a hike or swim or something. And I feel great once we get going. Understanding your personal will power is critical, but what you do with that understanding is even more so. I've leaned into where mine is at, and have developed support structures in my life to compensate for where mine isn't. But my success in doing so has been predicated on understanding and adapting to my willpower, not on the strength of it nor fighting against it. It's really hard to generalize the shape that takes or to project out the difficulty of something to someone else, since they'll likely have completely different strengths and weaknesses in that regard.