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welcome, gnome! This is my biggest hang-up, besides indecision. It is so much more fun & exciting to do something that feels good now, rather than a boring task that will feel good when it's done. What has helped me the most: - Make & check my to-do list FIRST THING in the morning If I let myself start with reading email, browsing the web, reading, watching TV, etc., I get sluggish and it's very hard to stop and get going on tasks. Then when I do, I'm panicky and in a bad mood that I wasted so much time. Instead, I am working on the habit of making my To Do list first thing. It gets me in an efficient mood, and helps me realize how little time there is for the other stuff. At work, I make a daily To Do list before I check email or anything else. I even put "make to-do list" as one of my tasks to be checked off. At home, I am trying to make a weekly To Do list before the weekend, so I don't spend half of Sat. figuring out what I need to get done. Then trying to check it over while having my coffee, before I spend time watching TV and getting distracted. - Do & check off at least 1 item right away. This helps keep me in the To Do mood, rather than the read/daydream/get coffee mood. - Visualize the end of the day To keep from sliding into what I "want" to do rather than what I "need" to do, it helps me to imagine the end of the day. Do I want to see a list of To Dos still undone, nothing to show for my time and feeling guilty? Or do I want to feel that exciting feeling from items checked off, knowing I got important things done and feeling proud and guilt-free? Trying to remember how I feel after a day of procrastinating (terrible) helps make goofing off seem not so fun and exciting. Also, just focusing on the end of the day (not the whole week, the end of a project, etc) is a good balance between living too much in the present and trying to make yourself work for the future. It help keeps the reward of work immediate, rather than delayed.