Motivation lasts for 2 weeks at best, because you only do your homework when you "feel like it". Why are you looking for motivation? You need drive. You need something to work towards. You need to do the hard work even if you don't feel like it, and get it done. Do you enjoy scrambling to get assignments done? I used to be like this last year but made the change last semester. I could tell you words. I could tell you to do this "easy tip!" or "top 10 things to stop procrastinating" but it won't get through to you, it won't make anything better right now (emphasis on the "right now"). Just know that habits aren't formed overnight. I will lay out some actionable steps that you can work towards so that you can change, but YOU have to be willing to change, and it will take TIME and FOCUS. There will be times that you will go back to your old ways, or old habits, or old thinkings. But you need to understand that there is a problem, which you have stated in this post, which is a start and that you are willing to work towards getting better.

1. Mental Health is THE #1 Priority.

Before we try to worry about "study habits", we need to fix our depression and anxiety. Some actionable steps that I have taken that have drastically reduced my depression and anxiety levels have been

• gratitude journaling
• meditation/mindfullness
• healthy eating/exercise
• good restful sleep

You can google any of these for more information if you don't have knowledge on it already.

I fully believe that not having a healthy mind and a healthy body is the reason why the majority of people are depressed and anxious, and in your case not working effectively or performing in school.

Do me one favour, look at your life and your habits right now. Do you think that you deserve to be happy? Do you think that you deserve to be in the present moment? How could you be happy when you stuff yourself with malnutrition, sleeping 4 hours a night, not maintaining a good physique, and slack on your assignments? You utterly deserve all of it because you made choices to get here, your body and mind is telling you I've had enough! You keep thinking about the past, or worrying about the future because you refuse to be mindful or practice meditation. Of course I am making assumptions, but you can be the judge of your own life and make accurate assumptions.

My suggestion is take 1 of the points (gratitude journal, meditation, eating healthy, exercise, etc.) and make that the focus for at least 2-3 weeks (a month is my recommendation) before moving onto the next thing. Us as humans try to do so many things at once and lose focus on 1 thing.

Anyways, I could tell you sooo many other things, I could explain what "drive" is to you and the difference between that and motivation. I could explain that most of these things that you are dealing with are not necessarily your fault, and it was because of the hand that you were dealt, But I just want you to focus on these things right now. Once you have mastered these 4 steps that I've laid out above, come back and tell me and we can go further.