> As soon as I stop actively thinking about the problem a solution will come. The book 'Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind' has a good explanation of how that works, wh

> As soon as I stop actively thinking about the problem a solution will come. The book 'Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind' has a good explanation of how that works, what it's good at and what it's not. I get a lot of side chores done with directed procrastination. But, what works for me to get the main task done is to just open the IDE even without a goal. Instead of "Ugg... I need to make X work today...". Just open the editor and do anything. Refactor a function. Comment something. Whatever. Once you get started, it much easier to continue.