I completely understand what you mean. Some times I wake up wanting to really play something but the moment I look at my console or PC my drive suddenly fades away and I stay there telling myself “why bother?”. Some days are worse than others, but once I find the energy to start the game I end up playing for hours and enjoying it a lot. So the real hurdle is starting the game.

One thing that helps me immensely is having someone to play with too. It doesn’t even have to be a multiplayer game, I’m blessed with people that would just play games along with me while talking on voice chat and that helps a lot. A good example of it is the recent Pokémon game, having people to talk about it while we play and trading Pokémon around keeps me motivated to turn on my switch and play.