Claude Projects — Book 5 · The Deadline System

Nobody misses a deadline in week nine because of week nine; they miss it because of week four, when nothing was due. Every assessment has two dates and only one of them is in your calendar. This project maps the term backwards from the deadlines against the week you actually have — paid work, travel, caring — breaks assignments into stages that end, and corrects your estimates with your own history rather than your optimism. Plus honest triage for when you are already behind, protecting the two or three hours a day that can do hard thinking, and asking for an extension properly and early.