That has worked well for me too. I am a chronic procrastinator. When faced with a new task, I "trick" myself by saying I will just endure the tiny bit of pain t

That has worked well for me too. I am a chronic procrastinator. When faced with a new task, I "trick" myself by saying I will just endure the tiny bit of pain to get started in some stupid, basic way (e.g. create a blank document or write a list of the real work I have to do). Most times, after 5 minutes of pain, I will be over the hump and just keep working because I want to see it through.