to go a step beyond the try not to think solution which works for me up to a point i have found it immensely helpful to retrain the thought stream that follows when i think about something i want to do that my gray matter organ will ceaselessly resist i find it exhausting to constantly be shutting out my own psychological protestations my internal monologue is just too persistent sometimes   its easiest to try first with things one regularly does eg bathing exercising household chores etc pick one task you procrastinate terribly at come up with a list of reasons why you want to do that thing and literally write them down on something you can fit in a pocket doesnt have to be more than a few i find 2 to 5 a good balance when its time to do the thing and your mind starts resisting like mine does take out the list and read it to yourself then go do the thing immediately while continuing to think about the list or even rereading it en route to task   eventually with repetition i find the reasons to do the thing get to the surface faster than reasons not to the first time it actually works and i dont have to bust out my list of reasons to do something that moment of realization is amazing our minds are powerful but they can still be trained to respond differently to familiar stimuli with consistency we can learn to perceive the favorable reasons first and harness that energy as motivation for many nts this connection is innate and doesnt even reach conscious awareness much of the time for many of us here definitely for me it just isnt i have to plant it and reinforce it intentionally    its work especially at first but its worth it imo