When I was much younger I started and stopped exercise programs many times from just after high school in 1970 through 1979. In College I even dropped out of a jogging class. Back then I would set easy goals for myself and then I never reached any of them. One goal that I failed to reach was to jog an average 1 mile per day for one month. Yet even with all the failures I would keep trying. One thing that encouraged me to keep trying was that I like the way that I felt after working out. Then in 1979 I started exercising (mostly running and jogging) and I have never stopped. What kept me going? I think that it was 25% perseverance, 25% bold defiance, 25% camaraderie with other athletes and 25% of overcoming myself (When I felt lazy, I would tell myself to “Just cut the BS and just do it!”).
Also a huge motivator for me has been my exercise journal that is a consistent record of every workout since I started it in 1983 through today. By the way that record shows that I’ve averaged over 2½ miles for every day that I’ve been alive and I’m 61 years old (or over 2¼ times around the Earth at the Equator).
Perhaps the keys for me was my journal, my running buddies and that I just kept trying after failing so many times. Steve Prefontaine once said “A man may fail many times but he is only a failure when he begins to blame someone else”.
Daily exercise is something that everyone (who is able) needs to do in order to help to maintain good health. Exercising is part of my normal daily routine (like brushing and flossing your teeth, taking a shower, etc). But I mix it up a lot so it doesn’t get boring. There are countless different exercises to choose from so I never get in a rut or bored and rarely get injured.
Good luck!