How do you beat procrastination?

Getting yourself to start and follow through on a task you are avoiding.

Axis: willpower and trying harder … change the system and make the task feel good

Answers by date: 3 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2018), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2018-05-07	Ali	For a serial procrastinator, Ali advises a goal you personally believe in, so procrastination falls away, and Wait But Why's articles and Tim Urban's TED talk on procrastination.	Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student 00:39:30
2018-04-12	Paul	Paul's idea of "save the day": however late it gets, you can still save an unproductive day by putting in some work before bed.	Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students 00:07:22
2018-03-21	Ali	Ali finds it useful to have semi-productive ways to procrastinate, such as watching YouTube tutorials on vlogging and noting how other vloggers edit.	Q & A - 5,000 Subscribers! 00:09:58