Procrastinating....again

I’ve been sitting at my computer for a couple of hours now. I’ve been putting off this essay, telling myself that I’ll start on it in a few minutes, but, as always, things keep getting in the way. This should be easy, right? So, I keep putting it off, but I might take a step or two toward completing this essay, but the steps are small and unnoticeable such as opening a blank Word document. I’ve always been a pretty bad procrastinator. When I was in junior high, I can remember several times when I was up until two in the morning working on a school project. I would just keep putting off, telling myself I had plenty of time, but, of course, the due date would approach very quickly and then I finally realize that the project is due the next day.
I figured, like all those many projects and papers, that this wouldn’t take that much time, and that I could easily hammer it out within an hour if not less. However, I find myself distracted by certain things: the TV, or a friend on IM who wants to talk, or the Internet itself. Meanwhile, I’m telling myself that I should really start this essay, that I should just get it done. I should do the smart thing and just shut the TV off and put off all distractions and just sit down and write. Things like that are great thoughts, but for some reason everything against me works against what I need to do. I tell myself that I’ll start right after this show, right after this conversation, I’ll quit in five minutes. But, I don’t start right after the show is done or after the conversation, and the five minutes soon turns in to 55 minutes and nothing is accomplished.