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how do I stop waiting to the last minute to do things?

I think I have mild ADD, especially since many of my family members do! But its so hard for me to do homework, projects and studying! I always do the things I need to do but I wait till the last minute! I am not proud of this and I want to stop procrastinating! Have any tips?

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1. You have to be strong willed and have mind over matter. Try writing a timetable, giving yourself short breaks and getting everything done sooner. you will feel so much better about yourself if you do this! :) xxxxxx
2. Make a plan. Decide when I get home from school the first thing that I am going to do is sit down and do my homework. Decide it in your mind. The first step to solving a problem and helping yourself is to realize you have a problem. The next step is to try to find out what to do about it. The third step is to change. You are already to the third step you can do this!! When it is time to go somewhere start getting ready earlier, plan to be at your meeting or whatever is going on at least fifteen minutes early. Good job for working on this. I am fifteen min. early for everything but I work with people at my church that are fifteen minutes to a half hour late for everything. It isn't fair to the group. We are all there (ALWAYS) on time and then we stand around and wait. We have left without this person once and it didn't seem to make a difference. Thanks for trying to better yourself!!
3. Hmmm...I don't have the ADD thing, but sometimes I was the procrastinator for sure!!! Can you do the project in groups?? Maybe if something out of these assignments are in groups, it will help push you to get your work done sooner.... Maybe even set up an academic planner for yourself and see what things are due when and even if it helps to do a little portion of something at a time, then that may help get you into the swing of things.
4. omg i am EXACTLY the same as you, is it an illness? my family aren't like this. I do get it on at time but i leave it till the night befroe anyother time i try i can't concentrate, what helped me once was i wrote a very detailed scheduale so i no exactly what needs to be done, how and when, give myself a few breaks but not to many cos otherwise it is hard to get back into the work. i wish you tons of luck and hope you succeed :) if you get any good answers could you please email me?? thanks