I’ve been wrestling with low motivation for so long now that I’m starting to get a bit slap-happy about it. Not one to be kept down or still for long, I’ve started having some fun in making myself get through my work.

It started a couple of weekends ago when I erased my to-do list off my whiteboard and relabeled it as “My accomplishments”. That worked for one weekend. The following week, I went back to my to-do list, which worked periodically. Last weekend, I simply did nothing until Sunday, when I suddenly felt the need to get things done. (It was amazing how much i got through in one day!)

This week, many things have conspired to keep me from getting anything accomplished. I figured that I’d be resorting to my list of accomplishments again. Instead, I’m finding myself making a game out of tackling two major tasks on my to-do list. It’s like this rabid multi-tasking race to see which project gets finished first.

From there, who knows? I may set up more “races”. I may be driven back to the to-do list or accomplishments list. I might just get tired of playing games and buckle down and get more work done.

I could always write out each task on a slip of paper and draw them from a container. That could be fun! Perhaps I’ll even introduce a timed element. I tend to be able to work under excruciating deadlines!

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