Expanding on what Swede said:
I've found that when there is something you are procrastinating over you are held back by something about the task that you don't want to confront, either a fear of what it will cost you, or a fear of what you will have to do if you succeed.
Often the cost is nothing major either, just some time or perhaps a little effort, but your mind concentrating on the timeor effort blows it out of proportion and makes it seem ten times as large as it actually is.
The tactic I have often used, when the "just do it" one hasn't working, is concentrating on just the positive aspect. Putting all of my thoughts and energy into the positive outcome I will receive from doing the task until it is so powerful and energetic that I can't stop myself from doing it. It also makes the task enjoyable, and it goes by in a flash. I've found that this works best on largish tasks that take a lot of energy to get rolling, those which seem too large to start. Focusing on the positive helps me overcome the initial inertia needed to get momentum started.
On the flipside though, I don't resist the negative aspect of the task. This just makes it harder by creating a barrier of hidden downsides that do nothing except blindside me and slow me down. Accepting the negativeas it is but focusing on just the positive is what works best.
Definately something to try.
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