Wordcounts and such

Keeping my wordcount within the limit is often a challenge for me. I know several people who constantly have to cut their essays down for them to be within the limit, but I always seem to end up on the short end. No matter what I do, I can almost never write enough words to reach the correct word count, and usually sit in front of my screen far, far too long until I come up with a paragraph that seems suitable for the essay. Not quite sure what I’m supposed to learn from that, though. Maybe I’m just a bit too tired to be doing this right now.