Recognized that procrastination was often a form of emotional soothing - got stressed thinking about starting a task, and promising that I'd start it 'tomorrow'

Recognized that procrastination was often a form of emotional soothing - got stressed thinking about starting a task, and promising that I'd start it 'tomorrow' removed that immediate threat. Which worked until the stress of not completing a task was greater than the stress of starting it. Introspection on why I was stressed starting a task and changes for each type: -Sometimes ambiguous and I didn't know where to start: break it down, and treat 'getting oriented' as a discrete task -Sometimes I was giving myself pressure that it had to be 'perfect': approaching it via iterations -Sometimes I was just too tired to start: understanding my energy cycles and scheduling to do the hard parts right after coffee. And scheduling it. Other commenters suggesting great other techniques, but for me the core was understanding and leaning in to the sources of anxiety to know what techniques to try. I'm still not perfect, but getting better.