How do you motivate yourself to do un-motivating work?
ramanujan: I run into this all the time and have two strategies.1) Pair programming. If you can find someone to work with you on this, it's much easier to get rolling and to stay on task.2) Overkill it. Approach the task as if it were Mount Everest. Assemble food, water, energy drinks. Go to a place like a library or conference room where no one can run into you. Disconnect the internet. Block out all sounds. Play Rocky on your headphones as you're unpacking.Just approaching it as if it were a difficult task helps.