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heart isn't in it

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your heart isn't in it
you do not feel something is exciting or interesting enough to do. I tried to do some writing, but my heart wasn't in it.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form your heart isn't in something: His heart isn't in supervising people.
Related vocabulary: not have the stomach (for something)
See also: heart, isn't

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Suspected but cleared in the Boston College gambling scandal, cornerback Kiernan Speight said he will skip Saturday's game against Notre Dame because ``my heart isn't in it.
 
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