The future is a result of the present, which implies if you're concerned about the present you're already concerned about the future.
I use extreme timeboxing in 10 minute, 3 minute, or even 1 minute increments when I'm down in the hole and want to get started on something. I don't think about completing the task. I just get myself started. Timeboxing is most effective for me because time will pass regardless of how well I do.
Friends have asked me how I can sit in front of my computer for over 8 hours, memorizing dreadfully boring facts from flashcards. But it doesn't matter whether the task is interesting or not--whether one wants to do it or not. One just has to get addicted to doing it.
For instance, if you're washing dishes, you need to feel the success in just washing that one dish. You need to believe you're winning by making progress instead of believing you'll win once you finish. Once one adopts this belief, work and goals will take care of themselves.
Furthermore, if you don't want to be doing something, don't do it. If you want to do something, do it. You're only taking power away from yourself trying to go the other way.
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