I am pleased that the majority of advice here seems to be attacking the problem as what it is, a materialist (as in, having to do with matter) one, and not a moral failure (a spiritual one).<p>I think the best thing you can do is treat this as a problem of maximizing biological energy -- you "want" to do something, but your brain doesn't comply. The brain is a metabolically intense organ, consuming by far the most energy by weight of any in the body. Its weight makes up 2% of the body's, but its energy consumption is 20% of the body's. Therefore, any subclinical disruptions in bodily energy are felt here first. Therapies supporting mitochondrial efficiency and easy digestion should therefore be considered. While stress can and does improve energy production in the short term, it does so at the cost of general efficiency and lifespan. This is part of why powerful stimulants can successfully treat ADHD.<p>I have personally had great success applying the ideas of one Ray Peat. Glucose metabolism is more energetically favorable than fatty acid oxidation. At the same time, consumption of starches promotes bacterial endotoxin production. Therefore, the maligned simple sugars are preferred to starch -- milk and fruit juice over rice and bread, occasional ice cream[1]. Muscle meat is balanced with gelatin or collagenous tissue. Dietary PUFA is kept to a minimum: strictly no seed oils, and limit the non-ruminant animals and cold water fish, like chicken (no ability to hydrogenate dietary fat), and salmon (its unsaturated oils allow it to not freeze up solid in the ocean, but oxidize rapidly in your metabolically active tissues).<p>raypeat.com<p>[1]<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/ice-cream-bad-for-you-health-study/673487/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/ice-cre...</a>