On the "intense motivation and intense procrastination at the same time" thing, I've found it's possible to turn that to your own advantage, especially when you

On the "intense motivation and intense procrastination at the same time" thing, I've found it's possible to turn that to your own advantage, especially when you're not working towards tight deadlines. What I find is there's often something "I know" I have to do, as well as other things that interest me at the time. So long as the thing you know you have to do doesn't have an imminent deadline, you can find other things to "distract" yourself with that end up working out for the best in the long run. For example, I've had times when I was finding it hard to concentrate on a piece of work, but found something technical (like a programming language) that I wanted to explore. By going with it, you end up improving your skills, and if you can chip away at the "must do" task on the side, you find that when you're ready to look at it again you've already laid the ground work. That's one of the approaches that works for me. Have you experienced something similar?