Your day-to-day efforts, or lack thereof, will pay off in the long run in whichever direction you've made a habit of moving in.
If you read every day, you won't become a genius by next week. But in a year you'll be a lot smarter. If you eat chips every day, you won't drop dead from a heart attack on Sunday. But a year from now, everyone will notice the effects.
I've always been a big fan of the long race in life. You might win one over me here and there. When we check the scoreboard a decade from now, though, there won't even be a conversation.
The challenge most people face is that we can't see past our noses.
You'll start an activity that will pay off in a year, but quit after a month when it "didn't work." You partake in things whose only possible effect is to make your life worse, but you chalk it up to "living life".

The quick and easy results on life will leave you just as fast as they come to you. Think of your significant other or closest friends. Did they become that close to you in one day? A week? A year? I doubt it. It took time and effort in building those relationships, and every positive deposit you make, strengthens the connection. All the stuff in your life -- personal, business, physical, emotional -- is the exact same way. Some habits of yours got you to where you are now.

If there is something you don't like, get to work on those habits. They are investments in your tomorrows.