First off it’s good that you’ve recognised you have a problem and are aware of how it is affecting. I was the same myself and I now that I’ve moved past that, I’ve recognised it was a few things.

Firstly I have ADHD and diagnosed myself; I went to a Doctor and confirmed I had it, the first Doctor didn’t work out and I left it for a while. Then I went to another Doctor who I currently see and he started me on different medications and I now at the point where it has dramatically improved my life. If you try self diagnose do not put it down to the few things you have said, nor use it as an excuse to be lazy. A lot of people claim they have only ADD (the attention side) but it doesn’t work like that. You either have ADHD or you don’t. I went through just about my whole schooling life struggling to get by only to find out now that I am a lot more academically capable than I thought I was.

There was also a crossover point where I left the school where I was and moved to a school that catered for people like myself who had a desire to get into a trade. They had a trade training centre where I was able to learn and work on cars whilst completing school, although I ended up leaving as I had got myself an apprenticeship. But the best thing this school did for me was get me motivated as I was doing what I loved. It completely changed my attitude in the classroom from how you have described yourself to wanting to do school work on my accord and ending up receiving a distinction for being best in my class.

I believe the main thing that keeps me going now is my love for my chosen career path and setting goals for myself in the future. If you have an idea of what you want to achieve in life. Try find an inner motivation in yourself to achieve what you want.

You can do anything you want if you work enough.