Anyone got any strategies for staying motivated?

Bit of a random first blog from me but I gotta be honest... I do not know what to blog about ''^^

I'm a 2nd Year Animation Student and I've got a rough animated clip and a 2-minute storyboard to work on in time for this Tuesday and I just... aUGH I CANNOT make myself commit to working on either of them. It's driving me insane QwQ I just wanna draw my Ducktales OCs, work on some Etsy stickers, do literally ANYTHING else, but my deadline is coming up fast and I can't just do that lol

That's why I wanted to ask - what do YOU do to motivate yourself when you need to get something done? Do you have a strategy to make these things more bareable for you? I'd honestly love to know!