Unsolicited Advice:
For exercise, I found that yoga has worked extremely well for me. I started in January and it has been going great!
A few factors have really kept me motivated to go:
1) For the first 10 weeks, it was run like a college school class. The roster was fixed. Attendance was taken.
2) It is expensive. When I pay this much for something, I feel obligated to use it. In this case, the first 10 weeks were a Christmas gift so I really felt obligated.
3) I can practice outside of class literally everywhere. This is impossible for a lot of gym workouts.
4) It is hard. I feel seriously challenged.
I did Tae Kwon Do in high school. A lot of the above points also apply to martial arts. Plus if you do martial arts you get extra style points according to http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
A few factors have really kept me motivated to go:
1) For the first 10 weeks, it was run like a college school class. The roster was fixed. Attendance was taken.
2) It is expensive. When I pay this much for something, I feel obligated to use it. In this case, the first 10 weeks were a Christmas gift so I really felt obligated.
3) I can practice outside of class literally everywhere. This is impossible for a lot of gym workouts.
4) It is hard. I feel seriously challenged.
I did Tae Kwon Do in high school. A lot of the above points also apply to martial arts. Plus if you do martial arts you get extra style points according to http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html