From Panic to Plan: Stop Last-Minute Stress

Call it deadline-driven stress, the procrastination-stress cycle, or last-minute syndrome. Lingering deadlines can derail your plans, steal your time, distract you from what you enjoy most, and build a sense of dread and anxiety. That said, try this step to stop deadline stress in its tracks. When you are assigned a task, divide the task into sections and give each a deadline between now and the final date. This immediately reduces significant stress of the project because it moves your frame of mind from feeling overwhelmed to having a structured view of the work. It brings clarity and a sense of more control. By breaking the task into smaller, anticipated, yet manageable parts, you avoid deadline anxiety and crisis-driven productivity.

Global Administrator | 8/20/2025