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I like this list so I'll add one I've adopted recently & seems to be working. - Small victories. Rather than jumping immediately to your big giant task, build

I like this list so I'll add one I've adopted recently & seems to be working. - Small victories. Rather than jumping immediately to your big giant task, build up to it with small victories. Brush your teeth, wipe down the counters, something small that's quick to do. While I do this, I remind myself "small victories". I build up a few of these (make the bed, brush my teeth, clean up the kitchen) then move onto my computer tasks for the day. If I am feeling defeated, I start back at small victories: put the dog leash away, clean off my desk, etc. Definitely hokey and weird, but it's all about momentum and building up activation energy (stealing from another post).

huge87 6y ago
Not hokey at all. It's basically a Kaizen approach to your personal life. "Take small steps/actions", or something like that. Works for me. I have to be very careful about how I expend my energy, while being aware that many things demand my effort. So everything gets broken down into pieces, and no piece is too small. I'm getting into Lego as a hobby, and if I'm too tired I'll just do a step. It may or may not lead to more, but there it is. I like sim racing too, so if I'm too tired to race, I'll boot up the sim and do a few practice laps. Or just one, whatever.