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Deadline Junkies

Here’s How to Manage Your Deadline Junkies

Not all junkies use drugs. Junkies, loosely defined, refers to anyone addicted to a substance, like food or drugs, or to a habit, like exercising or driving fast. Junkies live for the thrill, the rush of adrenaline that comes from practicing their addiction. And there is no greater addiction for deadline junkies than madly working and hitting their deadlines just in the nick of time.

Deadline junkies share certain characteristics, such as:

Deadline Junkies’ Pros and Cons

If you’re a deadline junkie, you’re very aware of that big red circle on your calendar that indicates when a project is due. Unfortunately, life doesn’t always follow your timelines; it sometimes interferes with your carefully laid-out plans. While some people get sick with worry about the stress of a deadline — and the potential threats to getting it done on time — deadline junkies feed off that stress.

Deadline junkies don’t miss their marks. Others who don’t respect the deadline as much as a junkie, however, too often dismiss due dates as mere suggestions. A deadline junkie engraves those dates in stone, and God help the person who gets in the way.

Creativity vs. Completion

There are those who claim that creativity goes out the window when the deadline becomes more important than the quality of the finished project. But deadline junkies argue back that their muse lives in those shades of static electricity that seem to emanate from their brains as deadlines loom. While some proclaim that their creativity doesn’t work on a schedule, deadline junkies declare that their senses become even more heightened at just the thought of making a deadline.

They don’t wait for the “mood to strike;” they’re sure it will strike when they need it most. Stress for deadline junkies is intimately intertwined with the creative process. Without a deadline, they flounder and find it difficult to focus. On the other hand, they sometimes are so devoted to the due date that they become closed to options and new ideas.

Finding a Balance

Your clients always appreciate your commitment to meet their deadlines, and they usually don’t really care about how much stress you endured to meet their timetables. But what if they could get an even better product because you’re more focused on the quality of your work than on its due date?

If you believe you fall under the spell of the calendar and find that you regularly wait until the last minute to complete projects — especially because you live for the adrenaline rush — there are ways to manage your condition and still reap the benefits that deadline junkies live for. To find a balance between waiting until you’re in the mood and living on the edge, consider these tips:


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