Article 5EJPN I have no motivation to work. How can I change my attitude? | Leading questions

I have no motivation to work. How can I change my attitude? | Leading questions

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Eleanor Gordon-Smith
from World news | The Guardian on (#5EJPN)

You don't get joy from work - not many people do, says Eleanor Gordon-Smith - but you won't get more of it sitting at the computer promising yourself you'll work soon.

I have always had a problem with work, I don't have much internal motivation to do any and a lot of anxiety about it. Now I am supposed to be working from home I feel even more disengaged. I get up at 11am, then procrastinate around the internet for a few hours.

I do appreciate having a salary and it would logically make sense to try and keep my job. My colleagues are all running themselves ragged working and home schooling and all that stuff. I hate the idea of all that rushing about. How can I change my attitude, and persuade myself do a few hours work every day?

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