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These things work for me: Go to bed earlier at night. Leave your blinds open to let natural light come in in the morning. Have a deadline due the next day.

• SwellJoe 18y ago
  Deadlines work the opposite for me. Procrastinators can do anything other than what they're supposed to be doing...including sleep. At least, I can. The less I want to do something, the more exhausted I feel; and deadlines damage my desire to do something more than just about anything. On the other hand, if I'm excited about something, and feeling really interested in what will happen that day it definitely helps. So, if I open a bug on a project that I need for my work...and I think about it some the night before, I'll wake up excitedly thinking, "I wonder if my bug has been answered?" Likewise if I email someone about some work I need done; requesting quotes, whatever, for projects that I'm enthusiastic about. Today I woke up thinking about the RFQs I sent out to three designers yesterday (nothing! this is why crowdsourced design is winning...), and a bug I opened about the Drupal Project module.
  • jacoblyles 18y ago
    I am totally different. I am a horrible procrastinator, but give me a deadline every day and I will move the world. Need that pressure. Love that pressure. I'll probably have a heart attack when I'm 40.
    • mannicken 18y ago
      I think I'm starting to sweat up as I'm thinking about that pressure. Hate the pressure.