Do your part ahead of time and your lab partner texts you the day before that he can’t do his because his hotel doesn’t have WiFi and he can’t go outside in the rain. After he already didn’t help with the first report.

Panic and adrenaline are the only things that motivate us I fear.

Why work at a steady pace toward a quality product in a timely and low stress manner when you could instead be paralyzed by executive function until the last possible moment that you could still turn in a minimally acceptable product after working in a furious panic?

This is me, but I'm old now and it's killing me.

me when I get the task: "alr imma work on this later"

me after 1 day: "well this isn't that much to do" (its a 25 page essay on worms)

me after 3 days (2 left): "eh well I should get started on it but I still got time"

me on the night its due: "OH SHIT FUCK FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK I GOTTA GET THIS DONE AHHHHHHH SHITTTTTTTTTT WHY DID I PROCRASTINATE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK"

projet

Ah est-ce que vous parlez français? /s

starting project early is stress-free? for who? this has never been my experience

I put it off to the last minute specifically to avoid being stressed the whole time

Sometimes the stress is the only motivation you have access to!

Don't forget about posting funny memes about it, or just about any other task that isn't the project 😅

There is a sweet spot where you put it off a bit but think it through while stressing, then spend the time powering through it while leaving some time to spare in case you screw it up. Only took a couple of decades to get decent at estimating!