SelfControl for Mac. It puts up a temporary firewall, so I can't read the news for a few hours. Other techniques - tell somebody else what you are doing. Tell

SelfControl for Mac. It puts up a temporary firewall, so I can't read the news for a few hours. Other techniques - tell somebody else what you are doing. Tell them when you expect to get it done. Bragging is easy to do at the time, and puts pressure on you to get it done. Procrastination is all about future commitments vs present behavior. It's easy to make a commitment to yourself, but easy to break it. Make commitments that you can't break as easily. But make sure that they are "doable".