Everytime you feel you are wasting time during any hour, jog in place for 7 minutes and get a coffee or some gum after. You will either be fit or you'll have t

Everytime you feel you are wasting time during any hour, jog in place for 7 minutes and get a coffee or some gum after. You will either be fit or you'll have things done, either way you will feel pretty good. Rewards systems always help, or chores/exercise where you are slacking i.e. if I don't get this done I'll have to do something worse... Also schedule in time wastage, schedule in a show or movie per day, then only watch at that time. Where that fails I go on lockdown on RescueTime. Occasionally though you just need a break, take a day or two off from work completely. Put some fun items on your todo not just work. Starting is actually the hardest part if you are demotivated. Commit to work on something for 15 minutes or 3-5 of your favorite songs and agree that if you aren't feeling it you can stop. Many times that is all you need to get going into a full day flow state, small chunks of time with the ability to stop if you want. I also leave an easy issue on some game code if I need to get right back in the next day. Where all else fails, create a project that is more difficult to work on, if it is procrastination it tends to the easier tasks. Make some tasks that are harder above what you want to get done. If you setup the right rewards/balance systems you won't have to trick yourself, stuff will just get done. Small bites.