I am guilty of doing that myself. I think there are 2 ideas that can help. 1. What gets done is the net result of many conflicting demands on my time and attention. Depending on the health of my day job, my family members, my bank balance , the urgency of other commitments and my own energy levels, I re-prioritise activities daily. So a firm intention to get something done this week doesn’t always get a result, and in most cases I feel satisfied that I have made the right choices (rather than feeling discouraged that I didn’t follow through). 2. There’s evidence from studies that when people make a plan about when and where they will do a thing, rather than just committing to it without thinking it through, they are more likely to get it done. I suspect that successful people habitually make these plans whenever they come up with an intention, and that helps them get it done. 3. The third thing is clarity about the reason why. If you have a big enough, clear enough reason, you can find a way to do it. If you don’t clearly visualise the result of (a) doing it, and (b) not doing it, the motivation is much weaker. Bottom line: if you want to up the success rate, clarify the WHY, then decide on the WHEN and WHERE. And at the end of the week (or whatever your planning period is) reflect on what worked, what didn’t, and how satisfied you are with that. I hope this helps!