Comment by andai

Also the dead bot comment is right about the Unschedule! Another technique from the same book :)

I use that one and have found it provides a massive benefit to mental health, at least for my personality type which tends to be consumed with work.

In the "Unschedule", a.k.a. Guilt-Free Play Time, you deliberately set away time for enjoyable activities. You put them in your calendar. (And then you actually do them!)

This removes a major cause of resentment, "life's all work and no play" which drives that psychological resistance to work.

While I'm at it, I'll mention one more :) The Work of Worrying... for a situation you're avoiding, intentionally go through the worst case scenario, and then realize, actually, I'll still be okay. Even if that terrible situation happens... I'll survive, I'll move on, I'll be okay.