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I find a simple interim/transition trick is to say: If I do x,y,z tasks then I can do web browsing (any habit). Just make those other tasks things you want to w

• wool_gather 8y ago
  Agreed! I often find this kind of self-bargaining helpful, but I would suggest that you start really small with the thing you agree to do. Otherwise it becomes just another set of tasks to avoid/procrastinate over. I have used the Pomodoro technique on and off over the years, and I find it to be really useful for exactly what you suggested. I promise I will do just one Pomodoro, twenty minutes' of work, and then I can go do whatever. Twenty minutes is short enough to not trigger avoidance or distraction, but it's also long enough to really get rolling. Almost without exception, at the end of the twenty, I don't want to stop. I keep going and end up with a full set of four Pomodoros completed, and desire and energy to continue beyond that (if other responsibilities allow).