Re: how to create a religious environment in your home.
Without justifying your actions of not praying etc., I have to tell you though that fear and love of Islam/salat/reciting Quran just doesn’t pop into someone’s heart out of no where. This is why in Islam a huge emphasis is on PRACTISING. It comes with practice!
You also have to make sure you start off with something simple and do-able. DO NOT rush everything in all at once, else it will become burdensome and you will not want to do it.
So you are saying salat is burdensome and you feel relieved when you are done. You are not the only one who feels that way. So start with something very simple and make it very practical.
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Start your day by reciting First kalima and the shahada and end your day with it. That is your number one step. Spend like a week doing it consistently. If it helps put a paper sign close to your bed reminding you to recite it.
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Once you become consistent with that, then make yourself a table (salat tracker) for a month (like a ramadan schedule) with dates in the first column (1, 2, 3, 4…) and the five prayers on the top. Each time you complete a salat, give yourself a check and each time you don’t MAKE SURE you give yourself a CROSS at the end of the day.
Just do those two above steps mentioned. Have patience with yourself. You will realize once you are involved in doing this, you will forget about every other issue going around in your home as well.