Thanks for the replies everyone! I am reading a book called "A Guide To Rational Living" by Albert Ellis and Robert A. Harper. The book is about "Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy" (REBT):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapy

I highly recommend this book! I wanted to quote something I just read out of it that I think relates directly to my original post and might help people with similar situations (several such passages like this have hit home...):

"Historical approaches to therapy remain popular partly because people who devoutly buy them can avoid taking full responsibility for their present behavior and for working actively to change it. They think, wishfully, that when they begin to _feel_ like doing unpleasant things, they will easily handle their frustrations. Actually, the opposite often is true: The more you _uneasily_ force yourself to do many annoying but productive pursuits (such as studying), the more you _then_ find these pursuits easy and enjoyable."

So I purchased all the Paraliminals, SA, Natural Brilliance, etc. probably to avoid frustration and ended up frozen, not taking action! I think my original (irrational) belief was that I was supposed to just FEEL like taking action, and that by using the Paraliminals (or various other tools) this would magically happen, that I could easily and without frustration take whatever action I wished! But listen after listen and I never had the results other people seem to have had. I never felt like taking action, changing my diet, exercising more, working more on open projects. This is why I felt that something was "wrong" and felt very frustrated! So I think the answer to my original question:

"Should I FORCE myself to do Qigong and to practice Photoreading and to go to the gym and to eat a proper healthy diet (and do all the other things I know I need to do, but do not do)?"

is...yes, definitely, I have to "uneasily force" myself to do these somewhat unpleasant (new, unusual, disciplined) but productive tasks that move me towards my goals, until eventually they become more easy and enjoyable (and the process of doing so, perhaps my "self-discipline" will become more developed itself making the whole process easier). Perhaps a more appropriate belief appears "taking new actions and creating new healthy habits to replace unhealthy ones might be difficult and frustrating at first, but it does get easier if you continually take action, even if those actions seem uncomfortable and if you don't FEEL like doing them at first! Eventually you'll feel like taking action, after FIRST consistently taking action!" I had it backwards!

There were some other irrational beliefs surrounding my various goals as well. I think I believed that I MUST succeed perfectly at Photoreading and feared failing. I also feared missing something important (which Paul says is the number one cause of slow reading!). And because it's a new and different from how I've regular read almost all my life, I naturally didn't "feel" like practicing, and having to go through the initial confusion and frustration of learning something new!

So I think "forcefully disputing" my irrational beliefs and replacing them with rational beliefs has helped quite a bit so far. I just don't know where the Paraliminals will fit into my life after this paradigm shift. I might have had their purpose all wrong! I'd really be interested in hearing any one else's thoughts on this!

Brendon