My advice, which is probably not great for your health, is to lean into it and accept that coding is more of an art than a job. Let yourself get into a flow, an

My advice, which is probably not great for your health, is to lean into it and accept that coding is more of an art than a job. Let yourself get into a flow, and when you do, stay there as long as possible even if it means messing up your sleep. Then start working on reducing the time between these flow states. If you're too tired or unmotivated to start, or get into the flow, you might also want to ask yourself if you're really doing what you want to be doing. If the work doesn't matter, of course you don't want to do it. So either pick different work, or figure out how to force yourself to get it done, knowing that there's nothing "wrong" with you -- you just don't want to work on boring things. That said, it's totally possible to go in the other direction. You've got an awesome project that you want to work on, but fear of success is hamstringing you from starting. This is the worst, most insipid form of procrastination and it really just sucks. The best thing you can do is recognize it, but it's really a life long problem for some. Exercise and routine help, but I think a lot of creative types find that to be a bit of a boring shtick... if that's the case you could consider talking to a psychiatrist about an ADHD diagnosis... there are pills for that after all, but they come with their own tradeoffs. Oh, and if you haven't yet, download something like SelfControl.app and block every site that you reflexively enter into your URL bar. Another trick that works for me is leaving my work unfinished at night, but knowing what I need to do to finish it, so I have something to jump into immediately the next day.