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Sometimes i wonder why do i waste so much of time on internet, not even doing productive work. Just refreshing yt feed and sometimes opening instagram. Its not like I enjoy them 10/10. So why do I do this? I even made a stratergy to stop this, but no matter what I do, it just...doesn't work.

why do you waste so much time on the internet.

Laziness is a term invented by people who missunderstood its deeper meaning in terms of mental health. 
I was diagnosed with ADHD at 21. 
It wasn’t something like an excuse for every failure happened in my life. 
It was about knowing what I should fight against from now on in my life to achieve my goals.
Maybe you are convinced you must fill any gaps in your life so your life is more meaningful. Because it is what society expects from you. 
The best advice I took from the day I knew I have ADHD was “Try to accommodate yourself to life because life is not going to accommodate you. Know yourself, your advantages and your problems, and you will not be so influenced by your own expectations”. 
I enjoy scrolling for 1h straight TikToks because now I understand why I am doing that.
Society is built on top of neurotypical people.
Understanding how you are lacking from “normal executive function” is so important so you won’t never trust “lazy” meaning anymore.
You can say “I do not fully understand why my mental health leads to this annoying behavior, but as well as I am more prone to be lazy, I am not confortable with that feeling”. 
Knowing in which direction you should push forward will give you some relieve.
Todays days we are just digesting there is a LOT of neurodivergent people.
When you are an ADHD people your brain is rushing for dopamine so you can just sit and wait for the next rush. It can be scrolling down, it can be your next idea.
Trying to do “your homework” or any other thing that is not natively interesting for your brain will lead you to be bored and procrastinating. Your body feels almost physical pain. 
And there is no willing which could fix this.
It’s hard and unfair trying to guess the source of your issues by a single blog post but I was on the same zone, all advice I was hearing was “you are lazy, I forget things, I suffer from the same things” zone. 
I forget my keys, my work to do, my medical appointments, my homework, my friends birthday, my meetings. 
Years later your failure history is half your diagnose.
If your life is slowly being destroyed by this faults, you are probably about to be diagnosed with ADHD.
Not to mention comorbidity with depression and other stuff.
Don´t make it an excuse for your failures.
Know what you are fighting against every day from now on.

Get rid of all social media, that would be a good start. You’ll notice don’t actually need it.

Close your accounts and uninstall your social networks, it worked for me.
And if nothing works, maybe professional psychological help can help you.
It’s hard, I know, it’s the same for me.

I’m not sure why I do it, I guess it is something I’ve done my whole life.