How can you persevere in difficult situations?

With a reminder. A visible, audible or legible display of your goals and intentions. On Post-it papers. In pictures on the refrigerator. As a screen saver on your phone or on your computer. With a reward. Create a points system where the count indicates partial goals that you achieve. Make your progress measurable and visible. Write it down. Keep a victory booklet, and as soon as you hit a milestone, give yourself something. Reward yourself with something extra, a treat, something you can look forward to. With opposition. Speak to yourself if things threaten to go wrong and you get lost. Internally or out loud. Get away from the place of perdition. Move. Take a walk, walk around the block. Come back and keep going.