Your habits set the foundation for the life you live.
Most of human behavior is a matter of habit. You don’t sit and think about every little thing you do. When you form bad habits or dip your toe into vices that leech into your life, you condemn yourself to live that life until you can break those habits.
Cutting corners, cheating, playing when you should be working, eating poorly, etc… they all manifest themselves in terrible habits that can derail your entire life and leave you feeling trapped where you don’t want to be.
Notice the triggers that make you feel like you want something and replace that bad habit you’re being triggered to do with something productive and good. Even a small productive habit is better than a small bad habit. Work to be better every single day.
Use energy and self-discipline to form good habits.