Passive perfectionism

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I have to admit it, I actually am very lazy. There's a name for what I have, some psychologist once called it 'passive perfectionism'. Because yes, I want to do everything perfect and get very unhappy when things don't work out the way I want them to. Yet I usually procrastinate everything, tasks I have to do, papers I have to write, keeping up with lessons (thoug I do attend them), I even postpone cleaning my room or doing the dishes. Result: I have to hurry and work very long days and even longer nights to get things finished! Exams are very stressy, and everytime I have just met the deadline or stayed up all night to learn the exam of the following morning, I swear to myself I'll begin earlier and work more throughout the year. But then I always find some excuse or activity not to study or clean or whatever I should do. Do you recognize this? And what do you do to force yourself to study? The only thing that's helping for me: going to a library, so I can't surf the Internet, and I only take the things I need to study with me, so I won't be distracted. Or, when at home: sit in the living room so my mum will notice when I'm distracted. But then I get disturbed a lot by brothers, parents, visitors, so library is best for me!