Strikes me you have three choices:<p>1. Force yourself to sit here and do nothing else until the task is done. The Chandler method, which requires a great deal of discipline.<p>2. Keep telling yourself &quot;I&#x27;ll start just after I check Hacker News &#x2F; Twitter &#x2F; watch one more episode on Casualty&quot;. This means you never achieve anything and feel forever guilty and worthless.<p>3. Put the task to one side for now and do something else enjoyable and marginally useful. You make progress in other tasks, feel valuable, and only a little guilty.<p>Structured Procrastination is the third option. If you can&#x27;t manage Option 1 -- and who can? -- it&#x27;s better than Option 2.