>>>In the same vein as Pablo's thread, how do you force yourself to muddle through the dull parts of a project?
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>>In general, I use structure in my schedule to force myself to do whatever stuff I don't really want to. Techniques like "I'll put in an hour every day on xxx until it's done" and then making myself do that hour before the stuff I really want to do.
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>That would be the broccoli-before-ice cream [or dinner-dessert] pattern. <g>

Also called "no dope until you've eaten the cake".