Nothing is new and we aren't all that unique, haha. The more you described your issue and how you deal with it the more I thought the same "are you me?". Inst

Nothing is new and we aren't all that unique, haha. The more you described your issue and how you deal with it the more I thought the same "are you me?". Instead of tech writing I try to produce music (still learning, just 3 years in) and I ended up using the same subterfuge: when I avoid opening my DAW to make music I just tell to myself "open it, create a motif with a preset sound you like and save the project", something that wouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes to be done with. After I start with that most of the time I simply keep going. I try to apply the same to work tasks, it's just a little harder to get the initial commitment when I feel very paralysed, every time I do the "just 5 minutes" thing it does work though.