Ask MetaFilter | Community Weblog: "It might be too late for this, but take a good amount of time to investigate course options at college with 'enojyment' taking primacy. Some people can knuckle through things they don't enjoy by having their sights set firmly on the ends. I'm not one of those people, and I'm guessing you're not either.

Otherwise, and this was the crunch for me: fundamentally change your outlook on work. Easy, eh? What I have done is to view work (and, to an extent) my life as a series of discrete projects. It's almost a case of divide and conquer. Split up your courses into weekly and daily projects. Manage these so as to make sure you're covering everything you need to, but also, don't be afraid to be inventive with how you handle things. Adopt a point of view that *forces* each of these projects to be interesting or enjoyable to you."