I know it - I'm not the world's most consistent blogger.

I need to be more conscientious about posting, rather than waiting until I have a burning need to post, or just for work to be slack/dull/in need of avoidance enough to get around to it.

My main hobby is drama, and I'm generally keen to participate. I do take time out on occasion, if the play in production doesn't grab me if if I know other commitments (work, holidays, etc.) will clash with it. But mostly, I am involved in some way and the continual practice makes me better at acting, directing, lighting or whatever it is I'm doing.

But I also enjoy drawing and painting. As solo pursuits, there's not the sense of obligation to others to make me pick up the pencil/brush that I get when I'm in a show. It's always possible to postpone. Then, when I do want to create something, I find I'm out of practice, and the end results are not as good as I know they can be.

Same with exercise - there doesn't seem much point in joining up to a team sport that I know I'd enjoy when I know I need to get my base fitness level up first (not least so I don't injure myself on the first outing). But solo sports, or gym work, are postponeable.

Such are the dilemmas that arise from a fundamental lack of self-discipline. Based on a lack of self confidence, I guess - if something is 'just for me', there doesn't seem to be as much point doing it as if I'd be letting someone else down by the omission.

Can any amateur psychologists out there think of ways to trick myself into drawing, exercising, etc?