A little trick i use is to listen to some music that inspires and motivates me, then go to the mirror, look at myself and ask the question: What can i do, to make you happy today?
In the moment I ask the question, I know the right answer. Even if I feel like playing computer games and binge-watching shit, i know that isn't the right thing to do. That moment of knowing often is enough to get me started.
Of course, the brain starts coming up with all sorts of reasons why you shouldn't do it. At first i often tried to argue with myself and more or less convince myself, but that didn't work out so well, because my brain knows too well how to push my buttons.
So now I tend to take the warrior's approach and say: FUCK IT. I ignore the monkey chatter in my mind and start doing whatever it is I know I should be doing.
Even if it doesn't work 100%, it helps me a lot, especially in times, when i have really hard backslides,
