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by dgudkov 3026 days ago
>Whenever there is a task I keep putting off, I'll commit to doing the task at least until the timer runs out.

This does work. I noticed that when I force myself to spend only a few minutes to get an overall idea how I would solve a task I keep putting off -- after a few minutes of contemplating I suddenly get inspiration to have it finally done.