How Do I Fix This?
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Carefully notice this harmful thought process: you'll suddenly remember you need to do a task, then you think about doing it and then you decide to do it tomorrow.
When you do this, you get an instant sense of relief and your brain recognizes it as a reward. You are training your brain to be lazy using relief as a reward for "I'll do it tomorrow".
The best way to stop this behavior is to train yourself to notice this harmful through process and instead of over-thinking or postponing, you NEED to get up and start the task. Get the task done and then you'll feel a sense of achievement and true relief.
Keep doing this to train your brain / subconscious to want the reward of another job well done. This is how you become disciplined in a way that is enjoyable.
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If it's a big task such as cleaning out the garage: break the task down to smaller achievable tasks and write those tasks down so you can tick them off your list as you complete them. This will help manage your motivation instead of feeling the whole task is overwhelming.
If it's a task that you REALLY don't want to do, make a contract with yourself to spend ten minutes each day chipping away at it and use a timer.
Everyone can find ten minutes each day and the effort is over quickly so it's not worth complaining about it.
It won't be long until the task is 1/3 complete and you'll start to feel pleased that it's finally getting done.
At the 1/2 way mark, you'll start to feel motivated because most of the work is already done and you can start to see the finish line.
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TL;DR: You need to retain your brain to enjoy acting on inspiration and understand that enjoyable motivation only comes after the task is underway.