I have now spent most of my day lazing about, on the phone, reading the US boards (that are worth a squiz from time to time IMO), posting to the AU boards, making coffees, snacking, snacking, snacking and not getting on with the to do list, that had as a must-do getting new listings ready for my eBay IDs that are all slowly coming to a sales halt over the past several weeks. 
I haven't even messaged sellers to organise a number of pick ups that I must do this week, or answered questions re my own listings that I normally do straight away 
Is procastinating about selling tasks, in fact a break, and time well spent?
Or, does one's eBay mojo fade overtime?
Tips to stay motivated to do eBay selling stuff gratefully received.
I have my days where I would rather not even turn on the computer. 
I really love what I do, but it requires a lot of time and energy, so every so often I feel more like switching it all off and not even thinking about it for a while.
Sometimes I find concentrating on a slightly different aspect of the whole store thing helps - it can be easy for me to fall into a repetitive pattern (get up, turn computer on, do A, then B, then C), so I try to do some of the things that keep me interested in the bigger picture - for me that's "research", which can take a variety of different forms. 😄
I look at new products, think of ways I can use them or whether they might do well in my store, try to find things that are a bit different, look at what other people might be doing differently to see if it can inspire something. Sometimes, I just watch a movie and promise myself I'll pay extra attention to the jewellery the actors are wearing. 
The smallest thing can lead to a change, or enough of a change to keep things interesting... Eventually I get new ideas, then I get excited about my ideas, so it stops the menial, day-to-day tasks from feeling like a neverending cycle.
On a general note, something I always used to tell others is that if you don't take care of yourself, it makes it that much harder to take care of anyone else (which is what sellers effectively do on a day-to-day basis), so giving yourself a break and indulging in some other things is always good, IMHO.
