I think I learned this in Given's book "Super Self"; the basic idea is that the subconscious mind will generate fatigue or excuses to avoid work. Why this woul

I think I learned this in Given's book "Super Self"; the basic idea is that the subconscious mind will generate fatigue or excuses to avoid work. Why this would be so nobody knows but I found it to be true. The other problem is that if this pattern becomes a habit or automated it can be very difficult to break. The only way to break out is to consciously decide to ignore the excuses and fatigue and do the work anyway. In your case, set a limit -- I'm going to work on x for 30min no matter what and ignore the distractions, excuses, false fatigue, etc. The idea is to retrain your self to work on your goals and build up from 5 minutes to 10,20,30,60 minutes until you relearn goal focus.