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Siiiigh. I don't wanna. It's true though.
Cold showers.
Especially after warm shower for the first half.
You should aim to barely be reacting. Focus on your breathing to distract your whole nervous system from the feeling of discomfort the cold water brings.
You're training your body to not react to adverse events. To roadblocks, to shitty situations, to things that might otherwise derail you.
Cold showers are key.
Or, ya know... Batting cages.
I've always felt that my willpower is the only thing I have any strength in. The trouble is, that in order to exercise my will, I must concentrate on doing so. With ADHD focusing on anything can be hard as fuck if there's too many distractions. So I eliminate the distractions (or as many as I possibly can).
Watch all of the Rocky movies ๐ฅ
What is it you are distracting yourself from? The low motivation could also be that you are not really believing in a goal or you are not enjoying a task because you would rather do something else with your time. As others already said if you "suspect" you have ADHD you could also try therapy.
Delayed gratification.
Eat the frog
Hold in your poop for 3 days.
This is going to be funny, but ... edging yourself during masturbation.
Close this tab right now and promise yourself never come back to see if someone gave you an easy answer...