“Not today, but tomorrow I really will!” is an obvious failure mode. Do not do obvious failure modes. Today’s cross-section and tomorrow’s should no more conflict than your left hand and your right.
“I badly want to be the sort of person who regularly goes to the gym, but it wouldn’t hurt much to hold off starting till next week” — on the contrary, it does hurt to hold off until next week, by a week of not being the person you want to be. You can be that person right now by going to the gym. If you want a thing, and you can have it right now, take it. When you grok this, action is effortless.
“Not today, but tomorrow I really will!” is an obvious failure mode. Do not do obvious failure modes. Today’s cross-section and tomorrow’s should no more conflict than your left hand and your right.
“I badly want to be the sort of person who regularly goes to the gym, but it wouldn’t hurt much to hold off starting till next week” — on the contrary, it does hurt to hold off until next week, by a week of not being the person you want to be. You can be that person right now by going to the gym. If you want a thing, and you can have it right now, take it. When you grok this, action is effortless.