{"id":63819,"date":"2025-10-29T08:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-i-motivate-myself-to-exercise-when-i-have-so-much-other-stuff-to-do-that-always-seems-to-take-priority\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:01:41","slug":"how-do-i-motivate-myself-to-exercise-when-i-have-so-much-other-stuff-to-do-that-always-seems-to-take-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-i-motivate-myself-to-exercise-when-i-have-so-much-other-stuff-to-do-that-always-seems-to-take-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I motivate myself to exercise when I have so much other stuff to do that always seems to take priority?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Esther X.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">That\u2019s a really tough one and I don\u2019t have it 100% solved yet. But what has worked best for me is plan a really short workout that requires no particular equipment, then wait til a moment when I find myself wasting time (reading news or social media or whatever). Then I say to myself, you have time for that workout now! You will feel so much better after doing exercise for the next 7 minutes than you would if you just stared at your phone!<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-1567609832\"><div id=\"thefa-2547739368\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop procrastinating. 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