Write a thousand words before 8 am everyday. Or code a bunch of useful, productive stuff that is concrete (i.e. you can see results immediately after compile -

Write a thousand words before 8 am everyday. Or code a bunch of useful, productive stuff that is concrete (i.e. you can see results immediately after compile - output logs is a very good way to do this). Before going to bed, leave yourself a hard to solve problem and an easy to solve problem.