Title: For as long as I can remember I have been a super procrastinator. However, I&#x27;m also pretty smart which helps me fake it so that no one else notices. I think part of my problem might be that I grew up with an entitlement complex as I was valedictorian, near perfect SATs etc. and I never did shit in high school.<p>Now that I&#x27;m in the real world it&#x27;s starting to really gnaw at me. I make $130k as a 21 year old and I probably put in 3 hours of real work a day. I&#x27;m a good enough programmer that I can bullshit my way through most stuff and at this point I think people are starting to realize that I&#x27;m a bit slower than I could be. I still push out a lot of code, but I secretly spend 7-8 hours a day doing bullshit at work (reading online, games, etc). I know that I&#x27;ve been given a gift and that I&#x27;m a fucking idiot for wasting it, but I&#x27;ve just become a chronic procrastinator and it sucks.<p>I could be changing the world but instead I&#x27;m putting in the bare minimum and no matter what trick or method I try I can&#x27;t seem to beat it. I&#x27;ve never had a strong willpower to begin with and now it seems to be getting worse (looking back I wish I played more sports).<p>Any advice on how you taught yourself to focus on tasks, build willpower, and get shit done would be helpful. Although, I wonder if I really fucked my brain&#x2F;habits up so much that I&#x27;ll never reach my full capacity. I&#x27;ve been like this for the past 6-7 years and it doesn&#x27;t seem to be going away anytime soon. My dad is also very similar in that he&#x27;s smart enough to bullshit through life but he only works at 10-20% of his full capacity and he never completes anything.<p>Help!?
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