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...tomorrow! Which means an all-nighter for me… Better not fall asleep writing it. Handing this report late is not an option, not when I was given so much time for it, not when all involved parties have been so patient with me… It’s gonna be done and it’s gonna be good!

Since I spent most of the last academic year lounging on couches and drooling [metaphorically], I think I need to make an effort this year… as the Jolly Hockysticks people say: pull my socks up and get my butt in gear.

After much rooting around, my grandma presented me with a funky leatherbound diary, with an ornate clasp. It has 1995 written on it, but it’s still good as new. So, anyway, my aim is to write down everything I need to do on those pages.

I think it’d be a good idea to merge everything… rather than having a seperate diary for schoolwork, another for birthdays, etc.

And I shall keep it by my bed, and consult it first thing every morning, and update it the last thing before I go to bed.

And nevermore shall I realise it was my best friend’s birthday 6 days after the fact. Or have to pretend my computer is programmed to crash every year around coursework season.

1st of May – some proofreading & editing, and a bit of writing by myself.
15th May – the book. Almost finished.
15th June – another book translation. 1/6 is done (OK, it’s just a draft), and it’s easy.

It’s usually at the last possible moment, but so far I can’t think of any important deadlines I’ve missed since last year. I’ve finally mastered the juggling!

...is the day.
18th April would be acceptable, too.
Still it is highly unlikely.

I am doing very badly.

Plus one month revision. And get an A* in one of them.

By this I mean not only actual deadlines, the whooshing sound they make as they fly by, but also replaying to e-mail messages and so on. I can see the stupid reasons why I’m delaying things, but it does’n really help.