With any worthy task or goal, recognize that you are a certain number of actions away from attaining your goal. This is the right way to look at, instead of saying that it's only a matter of time, or only a matter of "trying".
Break down the goal into bite-size pieces, like switchbacks up a mountain trail.
The drudgery of planning for planning. On the path to self-mastery, creating a meaningful system for planning is necessary. What are your meaningful units of time to devote to work or rest?
Example:
* Short tasks will take 10 minutes or less, and will have an * asterisk * before them.
& Medium tasks will take about 20 minutes or less, and will have an & ampersand & before them.
@ Long tasks will take about 30 minutes or less, and will have an @ at @ before them.
# Longer tasks tasks will be about 1 hour, and will have a # pound sign # before them.