Last night I had to finish my EvoPsych term paper on altruism, so I was going to do the same thing I did for the last term paper in order to get it done. Last time, I basically stayed up all night working on it, except I took two naps, each one an hour and a half long. After the nap, I'd get back up and work some more until I got too tired, then I'd go take another nap. It worked pretty well, I managed to get the paper done just in time, although it left me a zombie for the rest of the day. So last night was going to be a repeat of that night. I had already done some research over the weekend, but once I was ready to write the paper, I realized it was going to be too hard to do, so I switched to another topic and managed to find some useful research I could write about. Come 1am, I had a few good, solid references, but I hadn't even begun to write. I was pretty sleepy at that point, so I decided I would take an hour long nap as sort of a refresher, then I could get up and type away. I crawled into bed, set my alarm for 2am, and immediately passed out. 2am rolls around and my alarm goes off. I woke up feeling extra sleepy, so I set my alarm for 2:30 and dozed off again. 7:30am rolls around and for some reason I randomly wake up. I looked at the clock and saw the time and just layed there trying to figure out if I had already typed my paper or not. At first I thought I had done it, I was just too tired to remember. I quickly realized that I never got up at 2:30 and just slept the rest of the night. So I jumped out of bed, got on my computer and began typing like a madman. By 10:30, I had 4.5 pages (have to have at least 6 pages). I have to work at 11, so I had to leave at that time and just hope I can finish it at work. I sped to work in the crazy rain and once there, quickly got to work on finishing the paper. It was kinda hectic at work, so I didn't have a whole lot of time to work on it. By 1:50 I had 6 crappy pages, so I printed it out and ran over to class so I could hand it in. When I got there I noticed no one was handing anything in. I waited a few mins to see if anyone would, but no one ever did, so I finally asked the guy next to me when our term paper was due. "The 30th," he said... So basically I stayed up all late and worked my ass off like a retard for nothing. I guess the good thing is now I have a week to polish it and make it not crappy, and I don't have to worry about it much over the Thanksgiving break. bah.
The moral of the story: never do your work early. wait until the last minute.
