"A Problem Page For All!"

I can't really say how I motivate myself. Er...stregth of character? I used to be a procrastinator, but now I'd much rather get a task done than let it sit and loom over me. That is, for chores and other boring stuff. For tasks that I care about but that are hard to tackle, usually my procrastination is a sign that I don't really care that much after all. When I was trying to set up a writers' group, I left a couple of e-mails from prospective members unanswered for ages. I felt so bad about it, but I finally realized that I just didn't feel like contacting them. So...I let it slide. Hey, I'm horrible at e-mail and I know that it was rude not to answer them, but after a month, I just deleted the dang messages and forgave myself. I'm big on self-forgiveness.

If I really seriously need to get something done and I can't do it myself, I end up in tears over it some evening on a random weekday, and the family gets so sick of hearing me whine that they enlist someone to breathe down my neck until the job's done. Works like a charm.