Putting in blockers and the like helps, but what I've found worked best was to consider this quote by Anthony DeMello:

"When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power."

When I learned to stop feeling bad/guilty/thinking this was a problem to solve and just let my mind drift, I found that my mind naturally learned when it was disciplined work time vs. browse the internet time. Personally, I noticed that when I didn't have any artificial restriction, I was less inclined to waste time on those things.

In practice: "oh, my mind doesn't want to do that other thing right now but it does want to go look at this thing; let it." The more I've loosened my grip, the less distractions have affected my productivity.

as fun as that sounds, my experience has been the polar opposite. if I let my mind drift, it's going to get cheap dopamine kicks from stupid YouTube videos all day.

You have an army of behavioral psychologists at Alphabet and Meta working against you; it's only fair to fight back.

It’s like those diet commercials from the 90s:

“I simply eat more and the weight just falls off!” Showing pictures of chocolate cake and burgers.

You’re gonna eat more: Milkshakes, pasta, French fries!

You’re gonna lose more weight.

And you’re gonna feel great.

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