I'm wondering what others do to get motivated to play this game again. I wanna start playing out my adventures as J'derras the Alchemist again, but I'm not sure how to get in the mood.

Any comments (that are respectful) are welcome.

Don't play an alchemist. Alchemy is one of the most gamewrecking things in Skyrim.

Honestly, if you really having a hard time of getting motivated to play Skyrim, then don't. Go take a break and play something else. Come back in a month or so after you've conquered Portal 2 or something and you shouldn't have any problem getting back into the groove of Tamriel.

Taking breaks helps with burnout. Try playing something else for a while and see if you still miss Skyrim after a few months off.

meh i quit playing until the next dlc comes out, i'd been playing off and on for the past year, although when i was looking for something to do i looked at the quest list and found a couple i hadn't done yet