I have problems being motivated. So I have a couple of tricks that I use.
One is following the thread about weekly goals. And the one about yearly goals. I keep that one pretty simple since I'm a beginner at this.
Then I joined the Newbie Challenge and got myself two Quilting Mommies. That keeps me on my toes. I want to have progress to report to them so I have to keep at it.
Then there is the design wall. I can't walk in there and see a partial quilt hanging there and not want to work on it.
Also I plan quilts according to the use I have for them. So, it's like this. I hated the mirror above my fireplace mantle, so I took it down. Then I planned to put my Sampler Quilt up there. So I have to finish my sampler quilt so that I have something to hang over the fireplace mantle.
Plus I have a rule of working on only one quilt at a time. That means that I have to finish the sampler before I can start on the Geisha Panels that I'm going to make as window quilts.
Anyway that's how I stay motivated.