What are your war strategies against Shaytan?

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(bismillah)

Assalamu alaykum my brothers and sisters. I'm usually a lurker reading these forums but only recently been wanting to interact.

The title might sound dramatic, but unfortunately it's all too true, as one strategy of Shaytan is to make you think you are safe from him, and lull you into a bubble of false peace.

As such, I thought it would be beneficial for all of us if we share our personal strategies we use against Shaytan, both to guard ourselves and be on the offense, somewhere in these forums, so anyone who reads them can benefit, and inshallah this will be a sadaqah jariyah for anyone who participates.

I suppose I can start sharing some of mine.

One strategy I have is to intellectualize what I'm doing. That is, I ask myself mentally and question my thought process and actions. Is this action for the sake of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى)? If no, then I avoid it. If yes, I intellectualize my answer to that once again; did I say yes because I see the action as an excuse? Is the action halal, but could approach haram? Would Allah approve of this action? Would I be afraid of doing this action publically? 

I don't do this for all my actions -- such as brushing teeth, drinking water, etc. But more so in situations such as having a conversation with someone, purpose of argument, the topic in question, listening to something or watching television, attending an event, being alone by myself, etc.

A strategy I have against procrastination or delay is to tell myself that the time delayed could have been used for doing what I need to do. If it is time to pray, and I get waswas such as "you can pray this later, don't worry", I ask myself "Am I not curious for how Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) will reward me for prioritizing Him?". Another thing I do is actually, not to engage the thoughts, because engaging them gives them more power, because another strategy of Shaytan is to pull you into mental argument and waste your time. I respond with actions, dropping whatever I'm doing and make wudu. The next thought "you've done wudu now, why dont you just check your phone, you'll be praying anyway" -- Nope! This waswas from shaytan is like a snowball, it starts small and innocent and slowly builds up, it will go from notification to chatting, chatting to playing, etc. His strategy here is to give you a mild action and paint it as innocent and okay, and then slowly pull you in, while the prayer mat calls. We have to avoid his subtle strategies, and go pray immediately.

What strategies do you guys have? Which tools do you think Shaytan is using against us, and how do you defend yourself against them?