Doing small, easy things first. It's contrary to the common 'wisdom' of 'getting the hard stuff out of the way first' because doing small incremental steps keep

Doing small, easy things first. It's contrary to the common 'wisdom' of 'getting the hard stuff out of the way first' because doing small incremental steps keeps the small dopamine hits going and gives a sense of accomplishment to maintain motivation. I also recognized that for me the chief motiations killers are all kinds of "security" measures being put in place by more and more tools, services and organizations. There is no better way for my flow to die than having to yak shave for three hours some kind of security token rigmarole before getting to the actual work. This is why I no longer work for a large company and don't want to be anywhere near the production systems. I'm happy to delegate that shit to people who thrive on this (and to my astonishment there really are people who get their kicks from configuring complex webs of scripts to keep the environments humming). So I guess, my other piece of advice is to figure out what saps yuor motivation and find roles and activities that don't involve doing a lot of that.