Personally I used the same approach to start running: “just lace the shoes”. After you finish this, you are almost running.
just live the natural and inevitable path
toward a future where it has happened.
That said, I sort of rely on this process where each time I wake up I'm slightly less likely to fall back asleep. Sometimes I grab my phone and figure I'll just look at a few things while I lounge in bed, and within a minute or two my brain is awake and I realize I'm past the hump and may as well just get up. Whereas when I'm less alert, falling back asleep seems FAR easier than just getting up.