Change is hard, no matter how much you might dislike your present situation. You might find that your motivation comes and goes over the next few weeks. To help maintain the momentum during those periods of low motivation, it can be helpful to place reminders of your goals in places that you’ll see regularly. If you’re concerned about others seeing them, you can always post pictures that represent your goals or even stickers that you know represent your goals. Another idea is to find a picture online that represents your goal and then use it as your screen-saver on your computer at work or home or on your phone.
To really get yourself ready to change, it can also be helpful to make a list of pros and cons of changing your behaviour, as well as a list of pros and cons of not changing. You might be thinking, “There’s nothing good about my anxiety or depression, of course I want to change it.” While that may be true, because you engage in the behaviour at all suggests that there is something helpful about it. Recognizing what benefit you get from the behaviour will be useful if you find you get stuck in trying to do something differently.