I suffer from procrastination. This article hit a lot of notes for me. The &quot;moral compensation&quot; of doing other things -- watering plants, cleaning the house, doing chores when deadlines loom -- hits close to home.<p>Sometimes those things actually help to calm my brain and I can formulate a work plan without being faced with a keyboard.<p>Another thing that works for me (and I&#x27;m saying this for me only; know thyself and all that) is smoking a little bit of weed. Not to get hammered, but just enough that it calms my brain a bit. It seems to help me relax, sit down and get into (and stay on) a task like nothing else.