Leaving tasks to the last minute

B_Rabbit · 12-01-2014 04:03AM #1

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?

LETHAL LADY · 12-01-2014 04:04AM

Panic is the best sauce.

shruikan2553 · 12-01-2014 04:08AM

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.

sonyvision · 12-01-2014 04:10AM

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

nocoverart · 12-01-2014 04:14AM

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

Karl Stein · 12-01-2014 04:15AM

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

Lapin · 12-01-2014 04:21AM

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.

poundapunnet · 12-01-2014 04:23AM

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.

The Backwards Man · 12-01-2014 04:23AM

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

poundapunnet · 12-01-2014 04:24AM

Lapin wrote: »

Procras.........

Fuggit I'll finish typing it tomorrow.

Be grand.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 12-01-2014 08:10AM

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

Ted_YNWA · 12-01-2014 08:17AM

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.

Mike747 · 12-01-2014 12:56PM

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

Chucken · 12-01-2014 04:19PM

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?

Ciderswigger · 12-01-2014 04:24PM

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

Mike747 · 12-01-2014 04:26PM

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.

Lapin · 12-01-2014 04:27PM

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.

EuskalHerria · 12-01-2014 04:34PM

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.

YFlyer · 12-01-2014 04:36PM

poundapunnet wrote: »

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

Complete the report in 10,000 words or so.

Tasden · 12-01-2014 04:40PM

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.

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 12-01-2014 04:41PM

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

internet_user · 12-01-2014 04:55PM

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

knotknowbody · 12-01-2014 05:33PM

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.

sinead88 · 12-01-2014 09:58PM

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.

Femme_Fatale · 12-01-2014 10:10PM

And it's "Glenroe feeling" time now.

bulmersgal · 12-01-2014 10:14PM

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

Jesus Wept · 12-01-2014 10:15PM

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.

holystungun9 · 12-01-2014 10:15PM

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.

danslevent · 12-01-2014 10:17PM

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....

danslevent · 12-01-2014 10:20PM

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!

BanzaiBk · 12-01-2014 10:24PM

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.

Leaving tasks to the last minute

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