When your brain doesn’t want to do something, it will look for any possible escape route. Prisoners want to escape prison, too – but they can’t just walk out the front door. If they want to escape, they have to disguise the fact that they’re doing so. They can’t just dig a tunnel in the yard; they have to hide it behind a Rita Hayworth poster.
Your brain will do that, too. Your subconscious brain won’t say “I really don’t want to work out today because I’m lazy and unmotivated.” Instead, it will try to distract you. It will hide the escape tunnel inside things like “better organize these pillows” and “you know, you aren’t feeling so well today, you should lie down.”
We are not a unified being. We have many voices, often at war. The crafty ones try to slip past the more vigilant ones.
Recognize the escape tunnel for what it is, and get to work.
The Opportunity Machine 