January 23, 2026 · 1 min read

How to Be Efficient

A comic about the last-minute panic that somehow works

Gotta be honest... I do my best work at the last minute.

There's something about a deadline breathing down my neck that makes everything else disappear. No distractions. No overthinking. Just the thing that needs to get done… I get super focused!

Now… supposedly, there's research suggesting that urgency activates parts of the brain that help with concentration... like the pressure creates the conditions your brain needed all along (or maybe some of us just thrive in stress)

It's been a curse my whole life… doing the whole thing right before a deadline, pulling all-nighters, the guilt spiral of why didn't I start earlier?!! But also... it works. The panic becomes the process.

Not recommending it. Just saying... if this is u too, maybe we're not broken. Just wired different. Procrastination is our friend.

How to Be Efficient