A lot of what I do is based on, "Well, if I don't do this now, it's going to have very unpleasant consequences with me later. And I may be able to look at a clock or calendar and see exactly when that will be!" But I have the choice to hand shit to my future self, and generally choose not to. Generally. At least in some areas of my life. And knowing that my future self isn't going to be handed shit from that particular day, anyway, makes for some reasonable motivation a good chunk of the time.