Get Clear's book 'Atomic Habits' and also commit to #75Hard. Once the habit is built, it won't really matter if you 'want' to go to the gym, for a walk, run, wh

Get Clear's book 'Atomic Habits' and also commit to #75Hard. Once the habit is built, it won't really matter if you 'want' to go to the gym, for a walk, run, whatever. You just will because it's habit and you will force yourself to be 'motivated'. Motivation is a farce. It's simply ourselves telling ourselves 'do this thing' when we actually want to do the thing or know we need to do the thing. What you should be focusing on is 'commitment'. Commit to a physical work out every day for 30, 60, 90 days. Then reward yourself or have your wife come up with a reward for you to 'motivate' you to complete the task of working out. Trick yourself into WANTING to do the thing you dread until you stop feeling the dread and the act itself is the reward. It takes time, and it is HARD to get to that point sometimes, but you can get there. I've been in the same boat, and whereas I don't dislike physical workouts, I have often in the past found something to do instead. But after reading 'Atomic Habits' and committing to #75Hard, I built up the fortitude to overcome my procrastination/laziness/whatever to follow-through with my workouts and am now trying to devote that committment to finishing my side projects. Good luck, hope 2022 is the year you overcome your procrastination/laziness/demotivation/whatever. Edit: Oh and as you are in a city: Try cycling. It helped ease me into keeping my daily workouts. But I actually do enjoy cycling.