Start where you stand, with what you got.
The perfect time will never come.
There are 500,000 ways to answer your question!
But let me try a way that has worked for me. I once experienced something very similar to what you are describing in relation to Taoist philosophy. I become something of a sage, but couldn't seem to do the ole Taoist Two-Step.
"Stop thinking and talking, and there is nothing you will not be able to know." --Zen Paradigm
Don't mistake the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself. It's not.
I suggest you either get into the habit of regular aerobic exercise or regular meditation. Both build discipline and other 'stick-to' characteristics. Do some research, pick the discipline that *suits you* the most. Do what you think you will adore. Then pick a concrete, set time, then commit to exercising or meditating at that time, every day of your life. Make the process fun. If you jog, listen to music; if you meditate, wear loose clothes, smile, chant, hum, aromatherapy. Finally, reward yourself with something you desire.
How about this. If you ever miss a session, force yourself to abstain from accessing this DB or internet or whatever. After you exercise, do the desired thing.
Anything beyond this advice is talk talk. Sure, paraliminals can help, but they can't do the work for you. Perhaps its best to use the old fashion will here.
When you get into the habit of regular exercise or meditation, it no longer becomes a stretch. You've essentially made it a habit. It's become a part of you. Just like taking your shoes off as you come in from the snow. You don't give it a second thought. You'd never think of not doing it. When you've reached this level, THEN go for something else.
Think of the juggling example. You've got to learn to juggle with one ball before you can go for two and so on.
You may want something to remind you of your committment--to keep this at the forefront of your consciousness. The Motivaider perhaps? No, that would just be another toy. Perhaps big signs? --strategically placed, to remind you of your promise to yourself.
It is possible to view yourself as merely a collection of habits. Each time you alter, add or subtract a habit, you throw off your equilibrium. When you first try to exercise, you experience much resistence, because your body wants to stay at the comfortable equilibrium. Eventually, though, equilibrium will come to encompass the new habit. The new habit becomes part of the comfort zone. Then it's time to stretch again.
This way will work. Think of high jumpers. They don't raise the bar 10 inches at a time, they go inch by inch, sometimes less. They adjust, they move up again.
As some dude once said, 'You make your habits, then your habits make you.' So make good habits!
