[mfrankel]

Pomodoros are very helpful. Here is a 2.5 minute guide to them: http://www.brevedy.com/pomodoro-power-time-focusing-in-2-5-m...

[teleclimber]

The Pomodoro technique is the only thing that worked for me after everything I tried.

I think it works because it's a positive-reinforcer ("do work and complete Pomodoro" as opposed to "don't procrastinate so you can do work").