A 10 page research paper with 2 weeks to complete; written overnight and realizing how much more time you should have spent on it, and why did I do this to myself again (no AI to "help" you at that time). Saving, printing, and sprinting to class because you somehow managed to complete it 10 minutes before class starts.

Never considered using "Urgency" as a motivator, but it checks out... a lot. I like to consider it just being "optimistic" about how much time I have