B J Fogg talks about motivation waves - motivation comes and goes like a wave. When you're riding high, Fogg recommends taking a hard action that will make future actions easier (register for a yoga class, go for a long run after months of not running).
When motivation is low, take the easiest step possible.
Over time, what we're familiar with (daily routines) become habitual and we don't need motivation.
Ah, I see you are, at best, an amateur level procrastinator :)
I know you didn't ask for advice, but if I were to give you just 1 bit of it, it's to block distractions in the browser (or unplug wifi) and put your phone in another room.
Then you'd get bored for a while, and then you'd take the easy work-related actions despite not being motivated.
No worries, I appreciate it anyway.
> it's to block distractions in the browser (or unplug wifi) and put your phone in another room
Good advice, agreed - few months ago I started using two separate Windows accounts where I block all distracting sites on one of them. It's not perfect but does help.
I still find it a bit too easy to just switch accounts. What I'm going to try next is setting up limitations for certain times of day at router level.
Funnily enough, phone is not a problem at all.