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I procrastinated quite a bit in high school (and, to a lesser extent, college), but never to a point where I was in any real danger. In my mind, the deadline that something is due is literally a deadline: after that date, it's simply unacceptable. I never thought "I hope my professor will let this slide." I thought, "if I don't get this in on this date, it will not count and I will get a failing grade." So although I wasted quite a lot of time, i still managed to get things done when they were supposed to get done. (The quality of work, of course, is a different story!)
I do something different now, in regards to my acting career. It's not so much that I procrastinate because I don't have anything specifically due, but I find myself not doing things that I SHOULD be doing because of fear of failure - i.e. in certain cases, I won't take a course that could give me some better tips or I won't go for a certain audition or work to get a certain director to see me - because I'm just afraid of doing all the work and not getting anywhere. I don't know if that really counts as procrastination or not, but I had to mention it because part of the article really resonated with me.
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