i do this a lot but not as much as i used to fair warning i take meds and work in a school setting  it also doesnt always help when i am really feeling pretty depressed so take that as you may  i tend to overestimate how much time a task will take and get very distracted and hyperfocused on not the most important part of a big task sometimes the cycle of self hate why cant i do this whats wrong with me just get up and stop watching youtube starts and id end up turning things in late or not at all  for me the trick was accepting i was going to procrastinate account for it and try to plan when i would do things super early in advance   oh this thing is due next friday bet ill get my ideas down on paper now so i dont forget and leave it where the task will start notebook laptop folder etc ill plan to do the thing on wednesday that way i dont stress all those days leading up to it i get to tell that voice shut the fuck up im going to do it wednesday so let me watch some nerdy videos in peace  it also gives me the option to start earlier and give myself the boost of wow i did it way before i planned  yay me even though its an arbitrary deadline i placed on myself i also always choose a time that is not the night before its due so if i fuck up i can still meet the deadline  for everything else its touch and go ive got a lot of laundry piling up so good luck friend there are no shoulds there just is i should be able to just start and complete a task in a reasonable time but i know i cant yet it is what it is so how do i survive while i figure out how to get better at that  edit spelling because jfc ‍