My friends see me as a productive individual, but deep down inside I'm incredibly lazy. This is how I do it:
Whenever I'm tempted to do something later instead of now, I imagine the "Later Me" reacting to my laziness. I realize how annoying it will be to Later Me that Now Me didn't do what needed to be done earlier. So what I do is, I do it for that "someone else" I will become. This means I consider Now Me's feelings and Later Me's separately.
So, in essence, I try not to be an asshole to Later Me.
The beauty of this approach is, whenever you do do something early, when Later You turns into Now You, you'll feel genuine gratitude for that "other you" that saved you the trouble.
My friends see me as a productive individual, but deep down inside I'm incredibly lazy. This is how I do it:
Whenever I'm tempted to do something later instead of now, I imagine the "Later Me" reacting to my laziness. I realize how annoying it will be to Later Me that Now Me didn't do what needed to be done earlier. So what I do is, I do it for that "someone else" I will become. This means I consider Now Me's feelings and Later Me's separately.
So, in essence, I try not to be an asshole to Later Me.
The beauty of this approach is, whenever you do do something early, when Later You turns into Now You, you'll feel genuine gratitude for that "other you" that saved you the trouble.