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I overcome procrastination and things like it by going completely overboard in the other direction. Half measures and incremental improvement never work for me.
Look at it this way -- procrastination is a luxury. It is you filling all available time, and most of that filler is probably wasteful activity. So get a job, start volunteering, do more stuff. If you are in school, set a goal to do all of the classwork and then more at all times. I found that filling my time gave two benefits. I had to become more organized, and I never slow down. Maybe that sounds unpleasant, but I get better grades, work more efficiently, and enjoy myself more than I used to.
Similarly, I'm not a morning person -- so I get up at 5:30-5:45 for my 9AM class. Waking up later invites me to just hit the snooze alarm or squeeze an extra 15 minutes of sleep. Getting up at a ridiculously early time removes those behaviors from consideration. And I also get uninterrupted time in the morning to do my routine and get more work done.
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Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam
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