Habit Forming

Establishing new habits seems to require an odd combination of desire, will, practice, will, need, will, determination, and, yes, will. In instances where the will is weak, any new practice feels like a herculean task, a overwhelming burden, or some dreaded form of self-torture.
The method where the will is expected to dominate and subject all other needs, feelings and desires to it's strict rule, doesn't work very well. I suspect that if there were a way to structure a conversation (yes, within myself), where my needs, fears, desires and will could all take turns listening to each other, I'd be more successful navigating change. Instead of my needs feeling voiceless or maybe even never fully articulated and consequently fighting for attention or exploding unexpected at the most inconvenient moment, they could be acknowledged as real and honored as significant even if not deferred to as controlling.
The task of my will is then no longer to battle in order to win a war, but to coordinate in order to execute a decision.