How do you stay motivated day-to-day when the work gets boring? I'm a first-year associate who was assigned a long-term project with no deadlines. I'm struggling to bill 8 hours/day on this incredibly repetitive project.

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If it’s mindless then listen to a podcast or music.

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Great idea! It requires reading and writing about patent law, so that's not completely mindless work for me. But hopefully I can still focus with music on.

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