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For me boredom is usually a sign that I'm lacking focus and the easiest way to force myself to focus is to have deadlines.

Deadlines can be external (I need to have a clean draft to the writing group by Sunday night at 10pm, the contest submission is next Tuesday, etc.) or internal (see the pomodoro technique), but just knowing I need to make progress is enough to get me moving forward.

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