I hate UFOs. Makes me think I am slacking off. I can tell you thought that the machine you have makes a HUGE difference. I tried to do FMQ on my Bernina 1230 - nothin doin, frustrating and just wrong. So I started doing a lot of hand quilting until my wrist became numb. I just figured this hobby wasn't for me.
Two things changed - I said to heck with the quilt police and started doing hand quilting using a running backstitch. MUCH easier on my wrist. Then I got a BabyLok Quilter's Pro and tried FMQ on that. BIG difference! I can machine quilt a 6 x 6 in about 2 days (weekends). One thing I also did to give myself incentive is that the quilt design is as important as the piecing - so I make a point of creating interesting patterns that I like to quilt. That helped a lot too.I usually have a couple of projects going - one pieced project and one appliqued project just to give myself a break.