I do my absolutely best work a couple of hours before the big project is due.
I might have had a few weeks to do it, but nooooo. I don’t even really get started until the night before.
I do think it’s the added “element of danger” that kicks my brain into overdrive.
The rest of the time, I’m in a quasi-befogged state. Perhaps during that boring time, I’m saving up energy to handle the “danger” before going back into my little trance.
I’ve been weirdly extremely successful once I figured out how to work with this tendency, instead of fighting it.
That’s exactly right; your continuous effort (and mine) happens to be different.
It’s just internal and invisible to others, but it’s still happening constantly.