I Just treat monday - friday, 8;30 am-5;00pm as work hours, and do work related activity. It's not so much about motivation as it is a discipline. I am motivated to do well in my business, so, that's what drives me in the first place.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.