Deadline Shmedline

Why is it that we always get our best motivation, and inspiration, right near deadline? I think it's partly the creative process: our subconscious is thinking and plotting and planning and won't let go the baked idea until the very last minute. I also think that some of us are just born procratinators and rarely finish anything prior to its due date. An old boss called this "practicing avoidance." Whatever it is, I need to get back to it.....