Actions Against Acedia

Εἰ δὲ τὴν ἀκηδίαν θέλεις νικῆσαι, κάμνε τί ποτε μικρὸν ἐργόχειρον, καὶ ἀναγίνωσκε, καὶ προσεύχου πυκνῶς μετ' ἐλπίδος βεβαίας τῶν καλῶν· ἐννόει τούς τε ψυχοῥῥαγοῦντας, καὶ τὴν βίαν καὶ τὸν πνιγνὸν τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν, πῶς ἀνηλεῶς τιμωροῦνται καὶ βασανίζονται, καὶ οὕτω τοῦ πάθους ἔξεις ἀνάπαυσιν. Άγιος Ιωάννης ο Δαμασκηνός, Περι Των Ὀκτώ Τῆς Πονηρίας Πνευμάτων Source: Migne PG 95 82c

If you wish to conquer acedia, weary yourself for a time with manual labour, and read, and pray frequently with confident hope of attaining goods, for so are souls torn from the power and suffocation of sins, by which they are bent and twisted without mercy; thus you will have respite from your troubles. Saint John of Damascus, from On The Eight Wicked Spirits