Whenever I come home from school I am tired as can be, the first thing I do when I get settled at home I get in the bed because I'm so tired. This leads to procrastination i.e. me not starting my homework till 8-10pm. Also if I previously procrastinated like how I did none of my homework over spring break (only 1 week and 1 day) that increases my work load.

 

With procrastination, I am distracted by nearly EVERYTHING around me. If I didn't have my phone PSP or my laptop, I'd be distracted by the noises I hear, I'll play with the plants on the table (dining room table), daydream, play around in the chair, etc. This is most common when I do work that: I have to look up the answer/ information, I have to write a response (paragraph), has extensive amount of reading, or any amount of work that is somewhat difficult for me. I noticed when I take tests, quizzes, when I know the answers I finish sooner and I don't get distracted as much when I have to think about the answers/ when I don't know it.

 

What are some tips to help me not be so tired when I come home from school? How do I 1 stop procrastinating and 2 stop getting so distracted by everything around me and better focus on my work? Also for people who have similar procrastination problems what are some tips that you can give to someone who has struggled for years with it?

I still struggle with procrastination, and i'm i college! I get easily distracted too, but for some reason listening to music as im doing my homework helps me out a little. I also gotta not be around electronics otherwise i'll be easily distracted.

Has this always been a problem for you? My first guess is that you might have ADD or ADHD. I have ADHD myself and procrastination and laziness are one of the many symptoms. This worsens in adolescence, as you can imagine. It increased when I stopped taking my meds about a year ago (the medication was inducing me into a depression so I stopped taking them). However, I came up with a few strategies and my parents are also helping me with this. 30 (or more) minutes of homework, exercise, chores in exchange for 15 minutes of free time to myself. But in return for those fifteen minutes, I need to work to my utmost ability and I have to concentrate as best I can. It isn't easy and I still have trouble with it but limiting and rewarding seems to be a pretty good strategy to me. You should try it.

Has this always been a problem for you? My first guess is that you might have ADD or ADHD. I have ADHD myself and procrastination and laziness are one of the many symptoms. This worsens in adolescence, as you can imagine. It increased when I stopped taking my meds about a year ago (the medication was inducing me into a depression so I stopped taking them). However, I came up with a few strategies and my parents are also helping me with this. 30 (or more) minutes of homework, exercise, chores in exchange for 15 minutes of free time to myself. But in return for those fifteen minutes, I need to work to my utmost ability and I have to concentrate as best I can. It isn't easy and I still have trouble with it but limiting and rewarding seems to be a pretty good strategy to me. You should try it.

 

I haven't been diagnosed but my school psychologist brought up ADD when I was at my IEP meeting at school. However when I was little I wouldn't do my homework because I wanted to watch TV (at that point hw was at the bottom of my list of priorities) but since sophomore year I put more effort in doing my work, the only thing making me put it off is a combination of what I said before, the difficulty of the work or the fact that I don't want to do it at that point in time and the fact of doing hw for 2-3+ hrs straight deters me from wanting to do it.

 

I haven't been diagnosed but my school psychologist brought up ADD when I was at my IEP meeting at school. However when I was little I wouldn't do my homework because I wanted to watch TV (at that point hw was at the bottom of my list of priorities) but since sophomore year I put more effort in doing my work, the only thing making me put it off is a combination of what I said before, the difficulty of the work or the fact that I don't want to do it at that point in time and the fact of doing hw for 2-3+ hrs straight deters me from wanting to do it.

 

Then you need to treat yourself as someone with ADD because I'm certain you have it. Look up strategies that can help you.

Then you need to treat yourself as someone with ADD because I'm certain you have it. Look up strategies that can help you.

 

Ok I'll look stuff up.