Motivation is fleeting. Habits persist.
Whether it’s a habit to eat a lot of chips late at night, or a habit to read for ten minutes when you wake up, they both carry on unless interrupted.
Habits have inertia. They want to stay in motion.
Knowing this, the question isn’t “how do I get motivated to change my behavior?” The question is “how do I set the right habits in place so I don’t need motivation on a daily basis?”