Anna Brandberg

Decide your reward before you start whatever it is you want to focus on. Gamify it.

The problem is that often doesn't work either. The end result is me not having done the thing I needed to do OR the fun thing I *wanted* to do. I feel like I regularly lose several hours of my life with nothing to show for them, and never get to give myself the rewards either

Thing I read recently was "do it for future you". Make them a person that you really really like, and be productive for them. Then they won't have to deal with the task. Each to their own, but that's helped me especially over lockdown etc.

This is actually a really good thought. I might write "Do it for future you" somewhere that I look regularly. Thank you

Yep, same. I say this often, but my entire existence is almost exclusively driven by ritalin and guilt.

Yeah, I'm the same - I can only motivate my brain through guilt, fear or worry that I'll let someone down. Only then does it go 'Ah yeah, we should probably do that now'

Yuuuup exactly this. Guilt is my biggest driving force. It's so exhausting.