I won't give you a short term hack because I have tried many and nothing seems to stick. Instead the long term approach that has greatly improved my productivit

I won't give you a short term hack because I have tried many and nothing seems to stick. Instead the long term approach that has greatly improved my productivity as a freelancer and also in other areas of life is reading the book "7 Habits of Highly Effective People". If you read one book in your life I would suggest it should be this one. When your values ( loosely translated as why you do the things you do ) and your goals align you will become very productive. Has helped me a lot. I would suggest give it a shot :)