When I was in college, I remember one of my profs telling me that so many students submit assignments just before the 12am deadline. I always thought it was madness that someone would play it that close to the deadline, but people do.
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hi that's me, i was one of the many students. usually at least 30min before though as we often got warned that the submission servers could be slowed down around the deadline itself so i didn't want to risk it
why? adhd. i am close to incapable of starting a task if it's not urgent. it's not fun but forcing my brain to not do that is actual hell
Yeah I literally can’t arse myself to do anything unless it’s within the bare minimum time left.
Which sucks because when I know I can do something easily, I end up giving myself even less time.
I have ADHD too. The trick is to trick your brain into thinking it's urgent by training yourself to have anxiety anytime there is a looming deadline.
Worked great for me and I got a 4.0 in engineering. But now I have anxiety issues.
friend, that- that's not a trick, that's the adhd defealt
The smart students do a little bit of the paper each day (research / outlining / etc).
The not as smart students try to cram it in all at once.
I know because I’ve been both.
Well done, lumping neurodivergent students in with “not as smart” students 😑
Theoretically, turning in near the deadline gives time for one more editing session. The assignment could have been done days prior. Theoretically.
I didn't do that because I wanted to. I just struggle to do anything important without a looming deadline. It sucks. I wrote a 25 page paper in a single night once and it was miserable (the experience, not the paper - the paper got an A).
I'm trying to prep for a move right now and it's like I'm paralyzed. I know I should do the thing but I can't seem to make my body do it, so I just sit and hate myself.
Stop using hate to focus.
Submitted 10:51:33 PM, Sunday
Throughout school I used to panic a couple days before the deadline that I had to get something done. I tried to work on the essays but didn't manage to do anything and then got a lot calmer as I told myself that I'd easily have enough time if I started the next day. Then the next day came and I panicked again, until I ran some calculations in my head that I'd be able to make it if I started in the evening. And this continued through several cycles until I went into full panic and despair 30 minutes before the deadline.
I could rarely make it on time.
Somehow the closer I got to the deadline the less time it felt like the project would take. My procrastinative brain took over and made up excuses to not have to do it yet as there was still plenty of time. I almost failed 8th grade because of that. Fucking 8th grade. And I didn't even relax while procrastinating!
Might be a good idea to get an ADHD assessment.
11:56 - send email with subject "Can I have an extension?"
More like 11:56 submit a corrupted word doc
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