Tackling boring tasks

Repetitive

• Batch similar parts together
• Improve the efficiency of the batched tasks
• If possible - automate (script? app?) - invest in automation proportionally to the time that'll get spent manually.

Non repetitive

• Write down the series of small actions needed to complete the task - not in the todo list, but in a separate text file
• Go through the actions, checking them off as you go

And music, of course. Music.

If the tasks don't require thinking - Podcasts and Audio books by all means.