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I agree. I think pretty much everything (I've seen it with piano, work, exercise) becomes so much easier when you're motivated.

For me, it's been more obvious with piano as it's my main skill-based hobby and, although I see similar with work, ultimately I need a job to get paid so even if I'm procrastinating over a boring task, at some point that kicks in to make me get on with it.

With piano, I'm only doing it for fun and there are so many pieces out there to learn, so if I realise I don't love a piece then I've now taken to stopping with it after a certain amount of time. At first I would get frustrated for starting but not finishing something, but the reality is that when I find the right piece, those moments you describe when walking past the keyboard and wanting to play happen frequently. With the wrong piece, they happen rarely if ever.

Good luck with the Gm prelude! It's one of my favourites which I have yet to attempt to play but hope to one day...