I think there's room to be a lot smarter here. For example, is the thing you're trying to do a single time task or a habitual task? If it's a habitual task, e.

I think there's room to be a lot smarter here. For example, is the thing you're trying to do a single time task or a habitual task? If it's a habitual task, e.g. practice guitar or write my novel or get 1 hr of code review done, then the best thing to do in my experience is to associate the habit in your brain with a dopamine hit. For example, as you sit down to do code review, have a cup of coffee or maybe a sugary drink. Or as you sit down to practice guitar, have a twitch stream on. After 5 or 10 minutes, let your focus switch move over to the activity and turn off the video and continue the task. But the point is, after weeks of this, the beginning of that activity will be tied to a dopamine hit for you. And then you won't dread the activity (but actually look forward to it!)