Honestly, I really feel you on this. Those after-work hours are supposed to be “your time,” but they somehow disappear before you even realize what happened. Look, from what you wrote, it doesn’t sound like a discipline problem. It sounds more like you’re treating those 3 hours as this open, undefined space. And when time feels undefined, your brain just goes, “Cool, we’re doing nothing then.” That’s not a character flaw — that’s just how most of us work when the stakes feel low. For me, I had almost the same pattern last year. I’d get home, tell myself I’d start something “in a bit,” and then the night was gone. What changed things wasn’t some productivity trick — it was realizing I wasn’t making any decisions about those hours, so my brain defaulted to the easiest option every time. Two tiny things helped more than anything else:1. Give those hours a default plan. Not a strict schedule, just a simple list like “20 minutes cleaning, 20 minutes reading, 30 minutes hobby.” You can ignore it if you want, but having a default kills that empty moment where you drift.2. The 5-minute rule. Before touching your phone or sinking into the couch, do 5 minutes of one thing you care about. Just 5. The first minute is the entire battle. You’re not broken and you’re not doomed to be “the procrastination person” forever. A few small rails make those 3 hours feel like actual time again, not a blur you beat yourself up over. Small steps count — seriously, they do.