I know exactly how you feel. I get like that a lot.

One thing that really helps me is to make a list. After I'm up and dressed and have eaten breakfast, and I don't have school, I say to myself, "Okay, Owl. These are things you're going to do today."

And I don't pack a lot in. For example, today my schedule was:

3 pm: do half your science hw.

4:30 pm: get started on your CW project.

5:00 pm: practice piano.

And that was it. But I got it all done and had time to spare to do whatever I wanted. Once, when I had a lot of stuff due, I even wrote down a whole list, though I did give myself time for breaks.

Indigo does something similar, though she doesn't put down times, just makes a huge list of what she wants to do and tries to get as much done as she can. I don't know which will work better for you, but I hope they help.

This post is almost kind of...strange...because I'm having the exact same problem. 

No joke. It's really starting to get on my last nerves, the procrastinating, but it's so hard to break out of that habit.

So I guess in need advice too. XD

Im sorry for not being very helpful, Clouded Leopard, but I wanted to let you know you aren't alone. <3 

Wow, creepy, this must be some actual condition or something (condition just doesn't sound like the right word) because I have the same exact thing as well. I have yet to find a solution, so I guess I am here to hear what people have to say as well.

One thing you need to know, we are always here with you, no matter what! We all will find a solution, and I think Owl's might be really good. I tried being organized about my time in the past, but I'd even start losing motivation to make lists so it wasn't all that helpful in my mind. Ah well... 

I honestly believe that all teenagers go through a phase such as this one at some point or another. I've just been drawn out of a funk like this one by having a change in scenery. My friends dragged me to a mall that I had never been to for a day and just getting out of town really lifted my levels of here-ness.

I hope this helps, but I can't confidently say that it will. I fully support you in every way and I've read your finished solo write and am reading your current one. Don't give up hope. Just chill and don't put too much pressure on yourself and everything will work itself out. I have faith in you! 

Wow. I felt exactly like this for a while....I'm pretty out of it now. Like, I can take those words and it would sound like exactly something I would say. I know I'm being repetitive :P but seriously literally every word from start to finish I can relate to. Gosh, you're good at describing things, or at least venting. :)

From doing not-hard assignments last minute to watch minutes tick by....I really know exactly what you mean. And it still happens sometimes. (It did yesterday :/)

I'm trying to think what the root of the problem was, and how it stopped.....I don't really know. The videos thing, that might be a part of it. That's what it was for me yesterday.....I just kept procrastinating ad procrastinating, and listening to music "in the background." But it really ended up disstracting me. So maybe you need to eliminate distractions, just tell yourself, "NO" and save it as like, a treat for after you finish what you need to do. It's much better to goof off when you have nothing better to do.

Also, it's actually satisfying/relaxing, whereas when you just sit around watching videos, no matter how funny or interesting they are, it's not satisfying, and it makes you feel kind of empty and tired, like a cloudy day. Then you keep doing it, and it goes in an endless loop....and then you have to pull yourself out of it and rush to do assignments. Well, maybe I should replace all those general "you"'s with "I."....but that's my relation to it.

I'll admit, going onto the CB right now may or may not be me procrastinating.....so I really shouldn't be typing this, but you're a friend and I really want to finish it.

--What I would reccommend is just telling yourself to stop. First of all, removing distractions. Don't get on YouTube for one second. Not to listen to "just one" video of a Broadway singer you love singing a random song you love (HEHEHE NOT ME hehehehe *cough*). I wouldn't even do it for music. Just don't. Doing what you want is a reward for after you do what you need to do.

--Write a list or a schedule out for yourself. If you want, you can divide one assignment into parts.....

(random example "research Mr. Historical Figure," "Get idea of how I draw Mr. Historical Figure" "write notes on Mr. Historical Figure"....I did that in a lot of words so you could understand but in reality you can write very briefly as long as you know what you're talking about)

....that way you can have a more specific list, and you can feel more accomplished! because you'll be checking more things off. The more big pinkish-purple check marks, the better for me :)

--Then just stick to it. Keep a refreshment nearby. (I always have a cup of water or iced tea or refreshing juice with a straw)

--If you need to take a break, take one....BUT not on the computer!!!! Then you will get sucked in and do it for way too long. Sit on a couch and rest, or sit outside for a few minutes. If you get lost easily (like, in time) then you can bring a watch or whatever. Or alarm clock if you think you'll fall asleep.....these are really random but the point of a good break is to turn your brain off and refuel, NOT give yourself a different thing for your brain to do. Reading can work sometimes....like if you're rereading something or reading something not very suspenseful.

I'm not expert on this, but I think it sounds right. 

--When you're feeling stuck, moving to another place helps.

--Brighten up wherever you are, if that makes you feel stimulated.

These are just some suggestions. You don't have to follow them all exactly, but I think some of them do help, at least for me.

If there's one you have a deep, strange resistance-like feeling to (not just kinda being like ehhhh I don't think I'll do that), like not using the computer when taking a break....hate to say it, but that's probably a sign that whatever you're opposed to is exactly what your problem is, and that you should do that suggestion.

Example: I got really annoyed once (ehh probably like weeks ago) when my mom asked me if I was being off-task, like inwardly annoyed, and when she suggested that I do something that doesn't require a computer at the moment, I immediately said, "No." And I realized the reason I was annoyed by someone asking if I was off-task.....was because I was off-task, and I probably was going to procrastinate.

Not sure if I'm explaining this well, but um, yeah!

Just know that I truly relate to these feelings, and it's OK. I think the less you dwell on it the better you'll feel. And maybe making changess to the way you work....in big and/or little ways. Sometimes the little things can really help.