Emotion hacks? How do you work despite crummy love/life things going on?
drawkbox: Music while coding, westerns/zombie/scifi epic movies while doing smaller tedious tasks, get some gaming in maybe some L4D (important to have fun on your workstation).Also, be sure to setup and knock down many tasks and todos that feel complete, smaller tasks for quick accomplishment.  Game design your projects.This applies to all slow downs, could even just be related to a long project or a moment you might not feel as hopeful.Also get outside a bit and be cool to yourself, it is pretty much just you for the long haul anyways.