I have had a few jobs that could be really boring: showeling goat manure manually is one of them.<p>Here is &quot;one weird trick&quot; that works for me sometimes: make everything a competition against yourself, how many wheelbarrows can i empty into that trailer during the next 15 minutes? Can I finish this side before lunch?<p>Of course this wasn&#x27;t programming but the general principle applies, -boring stuff is less boring when it goes really really fast.<p>In programming that also buys you time to study a bit and still finish the same amount of work. And since you are working remotely anyway I guess nobody will notice except that you are continously improving.