I wonder if this is an ENFP problem. I really have to want to do a thing, or, I just don't do it.
My mother noticed this about me at a very young age.
What works for me is to work on changing my "want". It seems to be the only thing that works! The project/task/goal has to become an integral part of some ideal I want to strive for. Talking myself into changing my "want" is much easier than making myself do something I don't want to do!
So for example if I don't want to clean house, I either don't, or I change my focus to the reward, or to how I feel when its orderly, or I will picture the sunlight beaming on shining surfaces, or I invite guests and plan a menu and of course want to serve in a nice environment.
Thats an everyday sort of example. There have been harder things I had to make myself do, like gettng my Masters while teaching.. Ugh! That was grueling. I always wanted an MFA(Master of Fine Arts), and this was being paid for by my District! So very tempting to go for! But I went for the MS (Master of Science in Education) instead since the MFA was twice the credits, so twice the time, and I just wanted to get it DONE. And it HAD to get done, because a Masters is required for a teacher's Permanent Certification, and my biggest desire was to be free to stay home with babies. The MS was a lot of boring repeat of my BS too! But my higher desire was to free of college and hopefuly any work-outside-the-home when I finally had a babies (turned out one baby was the best I could get out of my bad marraige) so I went for the very tedious but "quick" MS. Then I had my son and stayed home a good while with him, with the security of being Permanently Certified so I could apply for any job when I was ready.
That was the "want" that got me through that. Goal accomplished. However, things don't always turn out like you plan. More area colleges have added my certification program to their line-up, they are all on this bandwagon now of adding as many certifications as possible no matter how miniscule the job availibility is. So with grossly negligant morality they have turned out droves of students who borrowed tens of thousands of dollars to be certified in my area (the other overly-swamped area is elementary education). Except they cannot get work to pay off those exorbitant loans, because when an opening (rarely) comes up, there are over 2000 qualified applicants applying!
Who even reads the names on 2000 resumes?? No one!
So I am subbing, which is not what anyone dreams of becoming, but at least with my Permanent Certification allows me a lot more pay per hour than anything else I could possibly do, and more pay-per-hour, as a single Mom, is an important goal.