There are two options for dealing with procrastination:

1. Make the pleasure of doing it > the pleasure of not doing it.
2. Make the pain of not doing it > the pain of doing it.

The first is the carrot. This is the lazy mouse that runs because it smells cheese.

The second is the stick. This is the lazy mouse that runs because it sees a hungry cat.

If you are a carrot-minded person, tools and techniques that may help are the pomodoro technique, working with colleagues, tying rewards to completed tasks, and apps that gamify habits like Forest.

If you are a stick-minded person (like me), tools that may help are the 90-year old meditation, having accountability partners, eating the frog, and BeeMinder – an app that charges you for missing habits.

And if none of this works? Then maybe the thing you’re procrastinating on just isn’t that important.