I get to my office early on weekday mornings after dropping my daughter at school and my aim is to spend the first part of each morning in prayer. I've struggled to be consistent though - most mornings there is something more urgent that grabs my attention and so I put off praying until later in the day (and often don't get there at all). But on Wednesday morning this week, I came in to the office and sat and prayed for 25 minutes without being pulled away into something else. The difference? There were others in the room - I joined the 6am prayer meeting.
The same pattern applies elsewhere - it's much harder to exercise on my own, but I run regularly with Kym or Lance. It is hard to consistently read books that stretch me, but I do much better when Kym and I are working through a reading list together. It seems that we are more able to hard things when we do them together. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews recognises this, urging: "Let us not give up the habit of meeting together ... instead, let us encourage one another all the more" (Heb 10:25)
Is there a hard thing you would like help doing? Try connecting with others who are also struggling on their own. We can do hard things together.