- or worse, expelled!

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today I learned the importance of priorities.

Yesterday I sat some mock exams for my course and, as usual, I hadn't really done any revision. Actually I suspect I'm getting worse at revision as the years go on; revision always used to feel so completely useless that I've simply stopped doing it. I really need to work on that, because yesterday's second exam didn't go so well.

My main issue was an inability to sort out my priorities, something that I will happily admit has always troubled me. I couldn't tell whether I should prioritise at any given moment the revision for exams or the editing of chapter two, leaving me in an awkward state of limbo where I couldn't do one without feeling guilty for not doing the other and ultimately sitting around, playing Skyrim or StarCraft II. Thus I began yesterday in a mad panic of revision as I realised I only had three hours to prepare - and now, only a handful of hours to somehow edit this chapter.

I want to stick to my schedule. The chapter's written (and I'll admit that it's not my worst work) but it really needs attention for it to be as good as I think it deserves to be. So the question is this - do I abandon my schedule, just once, and release a day late? Or do I admit that tomorrow won't be a good day for me editing anyway with all the university work I have to do and just try and get this over with today?

I suspect you should expect either a chapter, or another frustrated letter, by midnight tonight.

Your nervous student,
Quill Scratch