Killing Motivation

Sometimes, I start building momentum to write a paper. The ideas start flowing, the evidence falls into place, and I start making notes. And then, once I reach a stopping point, I stop. I stop, and I do something else as a "reward" for progress. And this is a very, very bad idea.

So here I am, after having spent half an hour or so reading web sites, no further along on my paper than notes on its progression. And now I'm tired in addition to being bored. Great. And when was I supposed to write the Turkey paper tonight?