Something someone once told me about my studies, though you can apply this to work, life, or anything that seems to have a deadline.

Think of your studies as yogurt or milk and close to the due date it starts to taste more and more dull. Sometimes you are lucky and it might not taste foul, but usually it does... 

Here's also a nice quote to leave you with:

"Deal with it before it is there; check disorder before it is rife. Deal with the hard while it is still easy, the great while it is still small" -Lao Tzu