consequences

i always feel like if a task doesn't have immediate consequences to it, it just becomes entirely irrevelent to my life? like an example with me: final exams, those are just a few days away, plus results won't come out for another month so I can just take it cool and deal with whatever happens when it happens. i can only seem to actually focus on a task if it has immediate consequences, like doing a task when someone tells me to or else they'll reprimand/take action on me right at that moment. or only turn off the ac when it gets so unbearably cold, otherwise I just sit there freezing and be like, eh I'll turn it off if it gets too cold. it's genuinely been ruining my life the past 2 years