the course of several weeks, the short burst of intense reading and writing didn't exhaust me or bore me. My interest was piqued by finally being able to put into words the findings of my experiment, which I had chosen to do on an area I was very interested in: The effects of music on driving performance. Throughout my academic life, my work followed a similar pattern. I'd spend some time beforehand preparing any evidence or reference I would need, and then left the actual work until fairly late to ensure it was done to a high standard. In my adult life, things haven't changed a great deal except I generally have less time in which to do things - meaning that time is tight all the way through a task as opposed to close to the deadline! This suits me fine though as it's not in my nature to be able to turn out a great piece of work with no stress. That's the benefit of deadlines. In case you were wondering, I never missed a deadline in my degree, and I always did brilliantly. ]