Look closely at the people you admire. Almost all of them have boring routines.

Excellence that looks effortless tends to sit on an unglamorous structure: the same wake up time, the same practice block, the same walk, the same early night. The interesting part is the output, and the input is repetitive by design, because repetition is what makes reliability possible. People imitate the style and skip the schedule. The schedule was the thing.

Find out what someone you admire actually does on an ordinary Wednesday. Copy one piece of their structure rather than their personality. Accept that the routine will feel dull, which is a sign you have the right part.