Short-term self-motivation:

Action First, Motivate Later

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Many of us often feel the need to "feel" productive before going to work. This is because it is often a greater psychological hurdle to get us to start a project than to finish it. A common method that I like to use is to convince yourself to start working for just 5-10 minutes and see how you feel afterwards. More often than not, once students get started, they build momentum and see their work completed.

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