I often wait until the last minute to study for a test or to do a paper. Pulling all nighters is common, when I have a test the next day. Then I go into the class exhausted. For papers, at the last minute, I have to hurry up and not only get the work done, but done well. This is difficult, and there is a good possibility that my work is late, I do not do the best that I can, and the quality suffers. I need to be more like the character Sniff in the book, especially since I usually know in advance what papers and tests are due and when. This means developing and, more important, following a better time management system. I have half-heartedly tried this in the past, but only do it for a couple of days. I believe that it is important for me to find someone else who is in the same situation, and for the two of us to work together as a team. We can motivate each other; we can also see it as a competitive venture where, for example,...

First, I would not be so stressed out all the time, because I am doing things the last minute and I am worried about my grades. Second, the quality of my work would surely be much better, since I would be able to spend more time on it and review the work when it is done. Third, I would know that I am doing the best that I can, rather than something that just makes the grade. Fourth, most important, it will prepare me for the future when I will have many changes at work and deadlines to manage. It will make me more successful in my career and more personally satisfied with the quality of work I am accomplishing.
References

Johnson, S. (1998) Who Moved My Cheese? New York: Penguin Group.