How to fight my addiction

[Jenny-Toons]

What motivates me is the fear of missing a deadline. That's for anything. Because, let's be honest -- if it doesn't get done, what happens next? Will you just never finish your story? Will you fail that paper? Will you miss that interview?

The key to breaking out of procrastination for me is the consequences. Can I afford to put this off to the side or should I kick my ass into gear and work now?

Also -- it really comes down to how much you want this to happen. Since you're talking in terms of creating, ask yourself this: do you really want to finish your work? Do you want this to be done? Do you actually like working on this?

Sometimes, we procrastinate because we're loosing interest. So, I'd suggest to go back to the drawing board and evaluate: do you like working on this project? Why or why not? And if you find yourself not liking it, what are the parts that are getting boring?

[nostalgicroxas]

That's actually been me for the past 2 years. One thing that's helped oddly enough is just letting myself procrastinate. I'll fill my time watching alllll the youtube I want, all the sit-coms, play all the games, and eventually I get bored and the desire to create something instead of consume beats me up until I do create something. It's a very odd thing. It's gotten better (my procrastination) by allowing myself to do the no brain cells required stuff and not thinking about creating, and I have a task assigned to me by a friend to do gratitude journaling - LAME as that sounds, it's helped.
I have learned that I loathe creating anything while someone else is around me. I end up waiting until the other person falls asleep, which results in me taking 20-60min to unwind from them, and then 2 or so hours of creativity will happen - sometimes. Sometimes I plan to and just watch Cinema Sins until 4am.