I leave myself daily reminders. When I’m laid in bed at night, I have all these things I need to do and they keep me awake. Reminders for the next day get them out of my head and allow me too sleep peacefully. It also means I get things done.
What I will say is that I often delay my alerts and I get progressively more aggressive with myself. By the end of some of them, I’m making up new swear words to tell my lazy self to do the job.