I am not a stranger to procrastination. In fact, there are many papers out there that I wrote with minutes to spare, hitting the "submit" button and feeling relief and a small sense of pride for being able to procrastinate and yet still do the work by the time it needed to be done.

I am not going to tell you to procrastinate or not to procrastinate, that is your choice - you're an adult and you make your own choices. But if you do procrastinate, here are the five steps that I think you'll be familiar with.

1. The Chill Step

Your teacher/professor just gave you your assignment and it says it's due in a couple of weeks. You're fine. You have plenty of time for this.

2. The Slightly-Panicked-But-Not-Enough-To-Do-Anything-About-It Step

It's a week in and you have the assignment at the back of your head, starting to tell you that you should probably get this done before you do anything else, but you also have another week so... ehh.

3. The Panicking-But-My-TV-Show-Is-Calling-To-Me Step

Uhh yeah, you've got a few days left. Better start doing the assignment. You pull out your laptop but then you remember that the new season of that TV show that just came out and now you're clicking on it. I mean, three days! That's plenty of time for the assignment. Right? Right?!

4. The Oh-Shit-I-Gotta-Get-This-Done Step

It's the day before it's due. IT'S THE DAY BEFORE IT'S DUE. Code Red! You start pulling out your laptop, shunning all social activities, and locking yourself up in your room to do this assignment.

5. The That-Was-Close and Yeah-I'm-Getting-Good-At-This Step

Phew. It's submitted. That was a rollercoaster, but hey, you're getting pretty good at doing things under pressure. Hmm, maybe it's not so bad you procrastinated. I mean, you feel exhausted and you've drunk ten caffeinated drinks, but, hey, it wasn't so bad.