Which techniques do u use to avoid procrastinating?

Hi !,
My technique is keeping a TODO list with things I like to do every day, then eventually this TODO will be a routine and I won't even think of those daily tasks...
Also every morning I create my todo list related to work or things I'd like to do but aren't in my "future routine", the number of tasks you will add to your list should be realistic (don't add 10 tasks because is probably that you will not complete all and you will get frustrated).
Another advice: find the moment of the day when you are more productive and use it, set some time to do you work, and hide all the things that distract you (phone, twitter, even dev.to :o ). For example, my moment is in the morning and I set about 1.5hs or 2hs fully focused, and sometimes I use music to concentrate also.

For me, it’s all about how I start the day. I try to start my day with any task to get my brain primed for success. Sometimes that happens shortly after I wake up and prior to sitting down for work that day.

I’ve given this advice before. Find a way to get your brain prepared for the day. Sometimes a quick win is what you need to release chemicals in your brain to snowball your success for the day.

I write on a Post-It the JIRA ticket of the task at hand (if there's no such ticket, then two words tops that summarizes what I have to do that I have been avoiding). Then I paste said note on the lower part of my screen. Inevitably, my eyes will have to see it constantly.

Keeping my phone away! and if possible having only 1-2 tabs open on my laptop!!

Quite the psychological hack, but I find that if I put the to-do tasks the night before (and shortly before my bed time), I'm more compelled to tick them off the next day. Tasks I put in during the day rarely stay top of mind.

I've been struggling with procrastination for a long time that I decided to write a book about it. I'm sharing part of it here

For me it's an ever continuing battle with ups and downs, but one of the things I've done since ages is allowing myself to give in every once in a while. Just maybe once every couple of weeks I spend an afternoon down the youtube clickhole or scrolling tweets and that gets it out of my system, and I feel more relaxed and less distracted when I decide to focus again.

From day to day, I try and do the opposite and get more accustomed to boredom again. So no phone in sight, just a few tabs open and forget about the existence of everything distracting. This way even the more boring tasks seem interesting.

Having lists with what I want to accomplish also helps a lot. I use to doist and a simplified 'getting things done' methodology.

When I really need to force myself to focus, 'pomodoro' like timers, although that sometimes more feels like I'm withholding myself something than actually re-learning how to focus properly.

FWIW, I recently wrote a whole article about this:

dev.to/bytebodger/developer-procra...

I like to focus on one task as hand. When I focus on something to learn I "schedule" that into my daily routine so that it becomes one less thing I have to think of. Here's a routine I like to do in the morning which helps me achieve progress and avoid procrastination.

Morning routine:

• Shower
• Journal (5mins)
• Stretch (5 mins)
• Work on React side project (1 hr)
• Create daily work tasks
• Begin day at work

Having this routine has made it so that my brain doesn't have to decide what to do. All of those decisions are already predetermined.

• I make a list of three things that absolutely have to happen for me to consider the day "done".
• I use a timer. I don't feel like cleaning? I set a timer for 10 minutes and enlist my kid; we race to see who can get the most done. Time to sit down and work through my bootcamp course? I use a Pomodoro app.
• I moved all apps off of the homescreen of my phone AND I deleted all social media apps. I even permanently deleted the account I use on my biggest offender (Instagram). I procrastinate less when my preferred distractions are out of sight.