How do you guys get motivation at work?

I totally get you! I can be the same. Sometimes what helps is to do the thing for 5 min - put a timer and just try to get a tiny progress in that time. Usually it gets me going even more and I get excited. What also helps is to do the smallest thing you can.. Just turn on the computer, open the file etc. If nothing works, it's probably a sign that you are exhausted and need to rest. I can allow myself to rest but sometimes I need more than I would like and I start to feel guilty.. But we need to have some compassion to ourselves! Those days or weeks I try to do the bare minimum at least. And just wait for the energy to come back.

I would like to know as well. I spend most of the day doing nothing, and speaking with people too much as they try to escape me. Then go into full panic mode, sweating and brain jumping through thoughts like a million bouncy balls in a tumble dryer. The last 2 hours trying to do everything all at once and jumping between numerous jobs feeling incredibly stressed. Then for some reason I'll decide it's a great time to work on promotions, setting up new pc software or networking systems that aren't even necessary. Side track on that for an hour whilst the other jobs I started are left maybe a quarter of the way through. I end up apologising every time to team members. I feel terrible for leaving anyone work that I should of completed and had time to do, and each time I think afterwards next time I'll make sure to do all the important things at the start and make sure they're out the way. Of course, I don't, and it frustrates the hell out of me. I don't understand my thought processes or why I do things like this all the time. Then I feel so overwhelmed by tasks at work and at home that I resort to drugs to escape and not think (which is super dumb), and rather than use as needed I'll just keep hammering in more until I'm a mess and have no control over this weird obsession to use something every half hour. Financially it's killing me, physically it's killing me, it's hurting my family and friends and all I want is a normal life. I see families walking around happy, shopping, going to the park for some footy or a nice walk and my brain cannot comprehend how to get there. Sorry for the rambling. I meant to be supportive and offer advice. Instead I made this about myself. The only advice I have is, if your lack of work due to procrastination is leaving others with more work to do or causing them stress then maybe try to think about them and use the empathetic effect to push you to get started and carry on until finished. When I do start something, I cannot stop until it's finished, which can often make things worse if I'm unable to complete the task as I'll not sleep and get increasingly frustrated. Is this similar for you? If you managed to read this far, then thank you. I've got a terrible habit of this. Spilling my brain onto the screen as my thoughts run. So thank you and also apologies