What's wrong with "do I feel like it?"
You like the thing, until you don't like the thing. You want the thing, but sometimes don't want the thing. You feel ready, and also not ready at all. You get the idea.
If your movement practice depends entirely on how you feel in the moment, it inherits all the inconsistency of your moods, your sleep and your schedule.
What's the better question?
Instead of "do I feel like it?", try "what do I value?" Or even: "what action will future me be glad I took?"
For example, perhaps you're not someone who feels like getting up at 5am to go to class (we hear you). But perhaps you're also someone who values feeling fit, strong or capable. If you make the decision at 5am based on what you feel like, you'll probably hit snooze. But if you make the choice based on what future you would be glad you did, the choice that creates more of what you value in life, you'll probably make a coffee and go to class.
Doesn't that turn movement into a grind?
The opposite, actually. It turns your practice into something that pulls you towards a version of yourself you feel really proud to be. It encourages choices shaped by your values, which are stable over time, rather than feelings, which change by the hour.
The question stops being "do I feel like it today?" and becomes "who am I becoming through the choices I make?"
How does this work in practice?
Having options helps. With 140+ classes a week across Helensvale, Robina and Mermaid Beach, from 5:30am starts to 7:15pm finishes, there's almost always a class that fits the day you're actually having rather than the day you planned. On low-energy days a gentle Stretch or Yin class still counts as showing up.
Booking ahead on the timetable helps too. A decision made once, calmly, in the evening beats fifty small negotiations with yourself at 5am.