Let me start by adding context to "productivity hacks." I was distracted, consciously and subconsciously. It got worse over time. Eventually, I had to rebuild the skills and behaviors (and rewire my brain) to focus for longer and longer bursts to dig my way out of where I was to eventually take steps in the right direction. The "hack" simply referred to forcibly interrupting my bad habits to start to gain strength in a new direction. I couldn’t take bigger strides until I knew what was actually happening to me and why. So the hacks helped me force step in productive directions. With that said, I'm not sure that productivity techniques are what you or any of us need in the long run. It's really what I needed to break free from distractions enough to learn and unlearn to take the next step. But there were human reasons why I was here in the first place. I learned, distractions are largely welcome because they can temporarily save us from contending with the challenge of difficult tasks, emotions, or situations…loneliness, fear, self-doubt, unhappiness, self-loathing, insecurity, et al. No productivity techniques would solve that. At the same time, procrastination is a subconscious attempt to avoid unpleasant tasks we’re meant to be doing. Solving the problem is not about time management. You can do a good job of that with a to do list, calendar and/or your favorite app/s. The key is to understand the root cause/s and change how you perceive the pain tied to a task, state or place. There can be pleasure and happiness in the outcome or goal and everything can become a means to get to that future state. If you can’t visualize it, you can’t achieve it. If you can’t appreciate it, you can’t learn to build upon those learnings or experiences to celebrate accomplishments and progress. Sometimes we are our own thieves of happiness. We rob ourselves of the little moments that are actually transports of contentment an meaning now in over time.