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Leaving tasks to the last minute

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  • 12-01-2014 4:03am
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    B_Rabbit
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    I was given an assignment in October, due tomorrow, and I started it yesterday. Absolute disaster, kicking myself for not starting it earlier.

    Have you any good stories of rushing to meet deadlines from putting things off to the last minute?


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    LETHAL LADY
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    Panic is the best sauce.


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    shruikan2553
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    Due tomorrow? Do tomorrow. In my class we say nothing makes an engineer more productive than the last minute.

    In college they had a workshop on procrastination and I thought to myself "hmm, that will be useful for me, I'll just go to the next one", next one came around and I said the same thing again.


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    sonyvision
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    If it wasnt for the last 5 minutes of everything i would never have gotten any thing done :D


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    nocoverart
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    I always leave tasks till the last minute OP and that's why I still wear nappies.


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    Karl Stein
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    There's a word for that.. what's the word again?... I'll get back to you with the word.


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    Lapin
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    Carlos Roca wrote: »
    There's a word for that.. what's the word again?... I'll get back to you with the word.

    Procras.........

    Fuggit I'll finish typing it tomorrow.


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    poundapunnet
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    13000 words due for Monday. 8000 done as of this minute.

    I have no "got the assignment done on time" stories OP, they're all last minute things. I've always gotten good enough marks too, I just function best under pressure. I think. I've never been organised enough to have a point of comparison.


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    The Backwards Man
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    Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today so you can do something different tomorrow.


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    poundapunnet
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    Lapin wrote: »
    Procras.........

    Fuggit I'll finish typing it tomorrow.

    Be grand.


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    I did all my assignments at the last minute for my LLB, I give my best work under the pressure of the clock.


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    Ted_YNWA
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    Looks like I'm the only one that likes to get assignments finished ASAP. Preferred to have college projects finished 2-3 weeks early to reread & update.


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    Mike747
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    6000 words due tomorrow night and here I am dossin on boards.


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    Chucken
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    Mike747 wrote: »
    6000 words due tomorrow night and here I am dossin on boards.

    If 6000 of us give you one word each, will that help?


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    Ciderswigger
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    8k thesis due in 2 weeks. I'll start tomorrow. Promise.


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    Mike747
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    Chucken wrote: »
    If 6000 of us give you one word each, will that help?

    Can't imagine it'll be much worse than what I'm writing now.


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    Lapin
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    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Looks like I'm the only one that likes to get assignments finished ASAP. Preferred to have college projects finished 2-3 weeks early to reread & update.

    Thats my New Year's resolution.

    I aim to start on Paddy's Weekend.


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    EuskalHerria
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    One assignment given in October and two in November. Typed 14,000 words between Tuesday and Thursday. Have the last one to do tonight due tomorrow. Have volunteer work between 6 and 9 this evening.
    If I can report back that it has been done, I'd like a small parade.


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    YFlyer
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    poundapunnet wrote: »
    13000 words due for Monday. 8000 done as of this minute.

    Complete the report in 10,000 words or so.


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    Tasden
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    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Looks like I'm the only one that likes to get assignments finished ASAP. Preferred to have college projects finished 2-3 weeks early to reread & update.

    Whenever I get an assignment done well in advance, which is very rare, either the lecturer then offers a whole different take on it that's a lot better than mine so I end up redoing most of it anyway, or else I get so panicked by everyone else's "omg that's such a hard assignment I don't even know where to start" that I doubt myself and worry until the due date, which is worse than panicking over getting it done in time.

    I usually need the deadline looming to get myself motivated, otherwise I keep saying "ah I have the groundwork done, its just a case of putting it all down on paper", that is never the case.


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    zl1whqvjs75cdy
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    Doing a presentation now that's due for 9 tomorrow. I've known about it for 3 months. Kicking myself now.


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    internet_user
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    i work best when under pressure, always leave things till the last minute


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    knotknowbody
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    Have 5000 words due for midnight tonight, know about it since early October, plan on making a start as soon as the Liverpool match is over.:mad::mad::mad: Everyone has one talent, mine's procrastination.


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    sinead88
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    The last minute dash basically ends up being my action plan for everything. I think I just need the adrenaline to work well. When I was in uni I had an awful habit of going on nights out, then coming home and writing essays to be handed in the next day. Somehow I always did fine. Every time I end up pulling an all nighter or leaving something till the last possible minute I promise myself that I'll be more prepared next time around. That has yet to happen.


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    Femme_Fatale
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    And it's "Glenroe feeling" time now.


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    bulmersgal
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    I've four test this week n I've only started studying now :-( well in a few min whenever I get off boards


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    Jesus Wept
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    shruikan2553 wrote: »
    Due tomorrow? Do tomorrow. In my class we say nothing makes an engineer more productive than the last minute.

    In college they had a workshop on procrastination and I thought to myself "hmm, that will be useful for me, I'll just go to the next one", next one came around and I said the same thing again.

    I don't need a workshop on procrastination, I'm a ****ing expert.


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    holystungun9
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    Ciderswigger wrote: »
    8k thesis due in 2 weeks. I'll start tomorrow. Promise.
    My thesis

    k k k k k k k k.

    Just copy and paste my friend. Now you can waste the next two weeks on boards and swiggin' cider.


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    danslevent
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    I have to write the conclusion and do the bibliography for an essay due tomorrow at four and then immediately start the other essay I have due Wednesday. Had over a month to do them....


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    danslevent
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    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Looks like I'm the only one that likes to get assignments finished ASAP. Preferred to have college projects finished 2-3 weeks early to reread & update.

    What I would give to be like that!


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    BanzaiBk
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    I have 3,000 words due for Tuesday. I'm normally prepared-ish for assignments but I dislike the module/lecturer. Typed 700 or so bullsh!t words today. Finding my Roget's Thesaurus riveting at the moment.


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