I suffer from the same problem, and I find that the #1 motivator that actually works for me is having someone besides myself holding me accountable to a short d

I suffer from the same problem, and I find that the #1 motivator that actually works for me is having someone besides myself holding me accountable to a short deadline. Barring a client or other stakeholder checking in on progress, one trick that I've used is making plans with friends to go out for dinner or drinks and committing to finishing my task before meeting up with them. That way, I'm driven by the thought of being late and having a friend sitting at the bar angrily waiting for me. If you don't have any friends available, the 2nd best motivator is to break it up into smaller and smaller tasks until you have something you can take care of quickly and easily enough that there's no way you can procrastinate (Pomodoro method also helps with this approach). If you're feeling overwhelmed, it's also important to take Saturday off and actually go outside and do something fun (sitting at home or going to the bar does not count as a useful day off). You'll find that Sunday is a lot more productive.