Trying to summon the motivation

What works for me is to force myself to A- spend 1 hour (or 2, or 3) on a project. Sometimes I keep close watch on the clock, too, or B- get ONE thing done. Sometimes those smaller goals have a way of morphing into larger ones, IE I only need 30 more minutes to get TWO things done, or one more hour and the whole thing will be done, or at a much better place to stop until next time.