Psychology
I Did the Same Task Well in March and Badly in June. The Difference Was Not Me.
Looking back at when I have worked well, the pattern had nothing to do with discipline and almost everything to do with two conditions I had never tracked.
Psychology
Motivation
Why you did it in March and not in June, and what that says about the plan rather than about you.
Psychology
The Only Reliable Motivation I Have Found Is Another Person Waiting
I tested five ways of getting myself to do things I did not feel like doing. Four are variations on self-discipline and none of them worked twice.
Psychology
I Was Never Unmotivated. The Task Was Underspecified.
Every time I could not get started on something for a year, I wrote down what the next action actually was. In most cases there wasn't one yet, which is a different problem.