The day in the life of IT Sys Admin

Eish, my self discipline leaves alot to be desired. How does one motivate oneself when you're in a team consisting of one person and your manager has no knowledge of what you're doing. Strictly speaking I should even be here typing this, but I convince myself that it is somehow related to potential future IT uses I might be able to help our users with. Perhaps the various technologies really are working for me a "saving me time"..............