Very good life hack IMO. There's a very similar trick I've heard of to help get you doing the chores you don't want to do: start a 5-minute timer, do the chore,

Very good life hack IMO. There's a very similar trick I've heard of to help get you doing the chores you don't want to do: start a 5-minute timer, do the chore, and after 5 minutes you can stop with no guilt. Most of the time what happens is that you end up continuing until you finish, e.g. I've washed half the dishes, it's not a big deal to wash the rest. I've found this really helps to get my cognitive processes over the initial hurdle of taking the first step. For me, that makes up almost all of the resistance and aversion I have to things like cleaning the apt, etc. Edit: I think the 5-minute time slice is really key here because it so drastically reduces the amount of perceived effort and commitment I have to make toward any task.