Not always is procrastination a bad thing. I usually make it a point to put myself under a little pressure because I thrive when I have something or someone lighting a fire under my ass. My best papers have been written an average of 6 hours before they were due. Just make sure you know what you're doing. If you're a slow reader or a slow thinker then maybe you oughta be doing something other than screwing around on the computer asking how not to screw around

. What you ought to do is like 4 days before a paper is due write on your calendar "paper due today" so you can fool yourself into thinking it's really due then. That works well.