Sometimes “waiting for motivation” is really avoiding something. Figure out what.

Motivation mostly follows action rather than arriving ahead of it, which means waiting for it can go on forever with a clear conscience. Underneath the waiting there is usually something specific: a fear of being bad at it, a step you do not know how to take, a conversation you would have to have first. A vague feeling is hiding a precise obstacle.

Name the obstacle, then shrink the task until it is almost embarrassing. Open the document. Put the shoes on. Write one paragraph badly.