transitioning strategies?

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I've recently realized that I have difficulty transitioning, and this is possibly a root factor in my incessant procrastination. Most notably, I procrastinate going to bed, and leaving the house to run errands. When I was working, I'd even procrastinate leaving for the day, unless I was dead tired.

I'm also facing the hope of starting a new job in the near future, probably involving a move -- this will involve transitioning on a much larger scale.

To everyone who has similar difficulties, what tricks and/or strategies have worked for you?

It depends on what exactly you mean by transitioning. As it is a term usually used by those undergoing gender reassignment surgery, if this is not what you are asking about you may get some very unusual answers!

Create a pattern for the transition. For instance, when leaving work, go to the bathroom and get a drink at the end of the day. Just find something to force yourself out of your current pattern that is only a temporary state. Habituate yourself to a process of transition, rather than trying to force it all at once.

That is a definition I have not yet encountered . . until now.

I"m relating it to the difficulties that I've read youngsters sometimes have going from one activity to another. I've realized that the root of my procrastination is a resistance to the change involved in going to bed or leaving to run errands. I don't meltdown or anything, but it does take me a long time to do it, and I'd like to find ways to stay on a more timely schedule.

Okay, that is something I have experience with. Sadly though, it is not good experience as I tend to stay on the current task much longer than I should because I don't want to go through the hassle of stopping. The few times this didn't present a problem were these brief transitory stages I have gone through in life when it seemed like I was normally functional. They would last anywhere from a day to a week and during that time I had no issues.

The only way I can think of that works for me is the "brute force method". In other words, just choosing to do it and ignoring how it may make me feel at the time. It sounds simplistic, but it's the only way I can get anything done.

I do not know if this will work for you, because you are an adult now, but what I did to help my kid was having her schedules posted where she could see them all the time, and reminding her 15 minutes before the transition, and each 5 minutes after that. You can set audible reminders in your computer or mobile device. I use the same strategy myself.