Repentance is not something that is done some or even most of the time. It’s an all or nothing affair.
While the big, often public changes are an absolutely essential part of repentance, reconciling to your conscience in deep, private ways is even more important.
The Lord explained that our deep motivations are the source of the larger, external, more noticeable sins:
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. (Matthew 15)
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. (Matthew 12:35)
All good outcomes are received commensurate with how continuously and deeply honest you are. All good outcomes can only come to the degree that you yield your thoughts, actions, and words to what you believe is best.
You can’t offend your conscience without harming yourself. All good outcomes flow through your conscience.