If I must be a slave to habit, let me be a slave to good habits.

-- Og Mandio

We can't change the fact that we are creatures of habits. But we can change the habits that we are creatures of.

However you won't get there by talking like a dishrag. You also won't get there by acknowledging how hard it is.

You get there by focusing on what you are doing to change. Ironically when you do it right, it doesn't take much "effort", just persistance. After all a habit isn't a 500 pound boulder, it just is an insubstantial reflex that feels that way.

Ben