Procrastination < > Satisfaction

I have to say that I am quite the procrastinator. I'm not really sure where this came from, or why I am this way. It may just be a lack of motivation. I will only do things because at the last minute I HAVE to do them. This always seems like a good way to go as when I do actually get around to getting things done, I don't waste any time. Plus, the fact that every day leading up until the due date on things, I have the satisfaction of putting things off and slacking. The main problem comes with the fact that when this slacking occurs, I always have this guy in the back of my mind that's worried that I won't have enough time to finish what needs to be done. This guy has been slowly draining my resources and causing me stress and grief. One problem is the fact that I don't ever realize how much the stress is actually getting to me until the day after I accomplish what I have been procrastinating doing. I then notice how much of a relief things were. I do have satisfaction that the stress is gone, but I wonder how much better things would be if it was just never there. I also have to wonder how much my life is being shortened by needless stress that I bring on to myself. There's of course always going to be stress, but probably a majority of it is self-inflected. I wasn't really going anywhere with this, this has just been going through my mind today.