Mike Kaspari has a detailed piece on procrastination. The 
basic ideas he proposes to break procrastination streaks are solid advice. For example he proposes to start with a burst of timed activity (even if it’s just a 5 min burst). He recommends writing a list of reasons why we are not doing that important task (and looking at how silly they are). An interesting one is that he advocates getting together with your buddies to do a “writing fest” before going to lunch, and use social pressure to get some writing done.
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Quesada J. 5 ways of breaking the procrastination habit « Getting Things Done in Academia. Academic Productivity. 2007. Available at: http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/5-ways-of-breaking-the-procrastination-habit-getting-things-done-in-academia/. Accessed March 12, 2010.
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Quesada, Jose. (2007). 5 ways of breaking the procrastination habit « Getting Things Done in Academia. Retrieved March 12, 2010, from Academic Productivity Web site: http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/5-ways-of-breaking-the-procrastination-habit-getting-things-done-in-academia/
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Quesada, Jose. 2007. 5 ways of breaking the procrastination habit « Getting Things Done in Academia. Academic Productivity. http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/5-ways-of-breaking-the-procrastination-habit-getting-things-done-in-academia/ (accessed March 12, 2010).
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basic ideas he proposes to break procrastination streaks are solid advice. For example he proposes to start with a burst of timed activity (even if it’s just a 5 min burst). He recommends writing a list of reasons why we are not doing that important task (and looking at how silly they are). An interesting one is that he advocates getting together with your buddies to do a “writing fest” before going to lunch, and use social pressure to get some writing done. 
July 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
I wrote a brief piece on some ways technology has made procrastination easier – it’s kind of topical, so self-advertising didn’t seem too much of a sin:
http://effortlessincitement.blogspot.com/2008/07/technology-and-economics-of-reading.html