{"id":832,"date":"2014-11-09T20:40:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T01:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=832"},"modified":"2014-11-09T20:45:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T01:45:04","slug":"sunday-motivation-where-has-our-motivation-been-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/11\/09\/sunday-motivation-where-has-our-motivation-been-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Motivation: Where Has Our Motivation Been, Anyway?"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_832'] = [\n{id: 833, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/11\/moleskins-500px.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/11\/moleskins-500px-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/11\/09\/sunday-motivation-where-has-our-motivation-been-anyway\/moleskins-500px\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Cal Newport\\'s Idea Books<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/11\/09\/sunday-motivation-where-has-our-motivation-been-anyway\/moleskins-500px\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<div id=\"attachment_833\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_832\" data-imgid=\"833\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/11\/moleskins-500px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-833\" class=\"size-full wp-image-833\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/11\/moleskins-500px.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy Newport's Study Hacks Blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/11\/moleskins-500px.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/11\/moleskins-500px-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Newport&#8217;s Study Hacks Blog<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our apologies, loyal readers: we have been slacking on Sunday Motivation&#8230;oh, the irony. But today it was a case of project distraction &#8211; too many projects, and too many new ideas popping into our heads. Cal Newport, a blogger and author specializing in study hacks and work habits for academics, has <a title=\"Too Many Projects\" href=\"http:\/\/calnewport.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/07\/deep-habits-forget-your-project-ideas-until-you-cant-forget-them\/\" target=\"_blank\">a post on how to curb these distraction tendencies<\/a> but not lose the energy or excitement that comes from a new project idea. We&#8217;re taking his words to heart, and starting a new habit of shaping our Sunday Motivation posts ahead of time! What new projects are drawing your concentration?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our apologies, loyal readers: we have been slacking on Sunday Motivation&#8230;oh, the irony. 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