I know depression, but somehow I never had the problem of the daily living stuff. I would feel overwhelmed by the bigger stuff that required decision making, and the communicative stuff--like making phone calls--, but the mechanical tasks weren't a problem. I do remember being surprised when T told me that "feeling doesn't motivate action; action motivates feeling." So the waiting until feeling like doing something won't work.

I used to trick myself by saying--like with exercise--I'll just get on the stepper for the time of the TV commercial, then I'll stop. And that worked for me.