Your brain likes finishing stuff. You get a small award of dopamine whenever you do. Divide it into smaller specific goals. I don't "read books", I "read chapt

Your brain likes finishing stuff. You get a small award of dopamine whenever you do. Divide it into smaller specific goals. I don't "read books", I "read chapter X of book Y", it's much easier to get idea of how much is left and you can finish it in a reasonable amount of time. I also don't "clean" in one go, I have smaller tasks spread out over the week. Typically missing one thing won't make much difference, which is also nice.