Solid advice. Split the problem into many smaller problems and start working. One thing to keep in mind though, TODO lists can give an illusion of progress and

Solid advice. Split the problem into many smaller problems and start working. One thing to keep in mind though, TODO lists can give an illusion of progress and accomplishment[1]. That is assuming you split up the problem and create a TODO list out of it which seems like a reasonable thing to do. I remember a discussion on HN about procrastination quite some time ago and there was a comment which made me think a lot. The commenter basically said that he procrastinates by writing code, because that is what he loves to do. If you are procrastinating writing code by doing something else, perhaps you simply do not enjoy writing code and need to explore the world for whatever it is that you love doing? I am still not sure myself, I enjoy writing code but there are other jobs which I think I would enjoy more. [1] http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/10/todont.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/10/todont.html