When I feel especially sleepy on one task, it often means I really don't like
this particular task, and I'm sort of hiding the dislike from myself.

Yeah.  If  you're into something, it should energize you. In Modo, there are times I work over 12 hours and have trouble sleeping afterwards because my mind is still racing. 

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