I take a hard look at all aspects of my life and ditch or put aside the ones that I can; drop a class or classes, let work slide a week with a plan to do it double the next week (if you have a pattern of procrastination anyway -- I found I do eventually do the work so now I'm not so scared to deliberately not do it for a few days) and think of a couple somethings I'd like to do (go to bed with a good book and hard candy to snack on :-) and do that for a bit.

I can get into novels and sometimes self-help books when I'm having a rough time. Having a comforting little project on the side that's just mine helps me bear the other stuff sometimes.