I have the same problem just getting going lots of time. I make an agreement with myself to go to the sewing room for 15 minutes and set a timer on my phone. When I get there, sometimes I only clean things up. Most times, I see something simple that I want to work on and find out I've been in there a couple of hours.
I'm trying to learn Spanish. I turn on my pc and listen while I work. It sure makes the time fly.
The other way that works for me is to schedule 15 minutes each day in the sewing room. If I miss more than 3 or 4 days, I lose all interest in all the projects and then begin to forget where I am with them. I am now learning that I need to make notes in each project as to why I have put it aside and haven't finished them. I've got over 30 started...way too many. I have another half dozen ready to start that are gifts that have been put on hold until I can get some other stuff finished.
Amazingly, I am working on a very complex (for me) Judy Niemeyer project and I don't have any problem going in there to work on it. I am figuring out that if it is too simple, I get bored, and when I get bored I won't do any of what needs doing. That's not good for all the projects I have going.
I feel so much better when I feel like I got something accomplished. Sometimes, I just literally kick myself in the butt, and tell myself, just get up and do something! It always surprises me when this works.
Good luck!
Edited to add: I am fortunate that I don't have to put all the projects away, therefore I get a lot of reminders every time I go by the room. I keep one or two projects on the design wall at all times. Just seeing how beautiful they are helps get me going.
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 05-09-2014 at 11:39 AM.