[MivLives]

What helps me is a bit odd. Stealing a quote from Douglas Adams

“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

Basically I just start without thinking about it, preferably without realizing it. If I keep giving myself a schedule (I'll start this in an hour, I'll start when the clock hits fifteen past) I'll find ways to justify it. However if I just sorta am watching a youtube video, and midway through I just start on what I need to do, the youtube video ends up background noise and I have started. For me personally keeping momentum is easier then starting so once I've begun I'll keep going.

[ehnto]

I taught myself to turn off my computer really quickly, if I am procrastinating before leaving the house. Rather than making it a big decision, or a super important moment, it's just a blink of an eye and then there's no more computing holding my attention. I can do it before really appreciating that I've even made a decision, it's almost like pulling a sneaky one on myself.

In the same way you don't think explicitly about putting your right shoe on after you've put your on left, I try to make it so I don't think about turning off the computer during the moments I try to leave the house.