I have a short attention span and a hard time concentrating too..i'm also as bad of a procrastinator as the rest of them. I try to get all my resources for everything ready first, so that way I can work on one thing for a bit, then get onto the other, then the other, etc. and that way everything still gets done on time.
If you're procrastinating writing essays, might I suggest writing out an outline of all the points you need to cover first, the best part is this should only take about 30 mins max. As you are doing your essay, cross off all the points on your outline if you do them..this way if you zone out on shiny things (as I often had a bad habit of doing) you'll be able to start off right where you finished. you also feel a lot less guilty about taking breaks because you can truly guage (sp!) your process from there.
anyways, might work for you!
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