@terryrunning I'm one of those people that loves a gold star, or the flashing green lights when I accomplish something. Until something is a habit, we have to rely on motivation and determination. Those often need a boost. The flashing greens of meeting a goal is a great feedback/reward system. It works.
You can do this by setting small goals in your tracker - goals that are reachable. My thing is if I reach the goals very frequently, they need to be raised. I need it to be challenging but not discouraging.
Trackers don't have the tiny goals that we start with ie lay out walking clothes before bed or put sneakers on first thing.
Or you could make your own chart. Have columns for the days of the week, and the first column can list the habit you are working on for that week. You can give yourself a star each day that you do it.
Another thing about creating habits: It's easiest to tie it in with another habit. Like, I will drink water before every meal. You are eating the meal anyway, so this is just an add on. I used to get up, put my walking clothes on (laid out near me) and walk 1 mile before anything else. I think it worked for me because I was still half asleep and didn't realize I was walking 
It's hard to resist something you are too tired to realize you are doing.
Sometimes you need to figure out the exact times to do something, what is before and what is after. People who plan meals, or batch cook, have to block out the time for it.
If you pick one thing and work out the details and get into the routine, it won't be overwhelming. Then when that is comfortable you take the next step or add one more thing.
I am incredibly impressed with the amount of work you are doing. You make such good use of all the suggestions here and you are thinking about things on a meaningful, deep level.
You've got this.
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