Homegrown Texan

Some days I have the most difficult time just getting started.  Once I get into it, I'm fine.  But it's like I need my time tooling around on the internet, accomplishing nothing.  Am I really just a slacker, or are other people this way?  I always thought I had such a strong work ethic, but I'm beginning to wonder.  I've tried setting goals for myself, such as "I will get such-and-such thingie that I'm programming working".  The problem is there are a lot of things that could take 1 hour or could take 5, and I don't always know before I start.  So then I'm setting unfair goals for myself.  I suppose that would be better than setting no goals at all.