At this point you know all about planning and the things you should be doing, but it's a very different thing to actually do them. That's a strength that you can train over time. It's possible to start small and keep improving yourself.
I would say one of the best ways is to go at it from both ends. At the end of the day you can review your goals and small things you could have done to get you closer (just make sure they're actually meaningful), and think for a second about how much further you could be right now.
To balance this, you need to get used to the feeling of accomplishment by starting with a small step - find something that's not too complicated but productive, and do whatever it takes to make yourself do it today or tomorrow. Like Shamou said, you can plan what you're going to do tomorrow; other options are starting it now (and finishing too if it's short), or fixing a time period in the near future when you won't do anything else until it's finished.
It can be hard sometimes, but if you can trick yourself into getting things done a few times you'll get used to the feeling. Of course, after you start small you still have to keep pushing yourself to get closer to the level of performance that you want. If this is too hard, it might not be something that really fits with what you want.
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