Edith Cowan University have a great fact sheet on 20 Strategies to Overcome Procrastination.  I have found the worst-first approach works very well.  If you get the most unpleasant task done first, it's easier to do the less unpleasant tasks afterwards. There is a saying, how do you eat an elephant? The answer is one mouthful at a time.  This illustrates that even huge tasks can be accomplished if you break them down into manageable steps. I also need physical reminders like post-it notes. You can find the full fact sheet here.