Training On Your Own

This one is something that I address personally everyday. As a martial artist there is nobody in Atlanta who knows anywhere near what I do in Eagle Claw; The drills and partner forms alone are enough. Much of this has to be done by myself imagining a partner. Even training my forms and other exercise is usually done solo. While I COULD do some of my workout with my students, I feel it is my obligation to give them my TEACHING time and not get my thing going. With my weight training and cardio-vascular exercise it is the same- No work-out partner or trainer/instructor standing over me to get me and keep me going. How do I keep myself training and pushing myself to improve?
First I say that it ties in to my long term goal- Make Fitness and exercise a regular part of my life for the rest of my life. Once I established this I now need to live up to it. NOT easy. But, after many years of regular kung fu training and exercise I now have it in my body and mind to train. It is something that I do out of habit. I feel 'off' when I don't. Yes, there are days where I slip and don't train at all but since I have been doing it for so long, I feel a little upset but know that a few skips in the long scheme of things aren't bad and are expected. You can't get so hard on yourself that you beat your head into the ground. Another thing that I do is to sometimes just start. My Oldest training brother, Cecil, told me one day that if I just start and go it will happen. Once I start my mind then challenges itself to keep going. My body will then take over.
How this applies to you is that you should, also, make it something that you just do. Whatever type of exercise, you have to struggle to get the habit part down. The self-discipline is something that, like your muscular strength, is developed and can get stronger. Building your CHI is the fuller aspect to keep in mind. Your CHI will get stronger as you train. When you can get yourself to train regularly and push through those 'bad days' and still not quit on regular training, you will become more focused in EVERY aspect of your life! Your CHI will be felt by others around you (in a good way) and they, too will fell good around you.