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So in college.
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I was a government major which means
I had to write a lot of papers.
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Now when a normal student writes a paper
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they might spread the work
out a little like this.
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So you know.
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You get started maybe a little slowly
but you get enough done in the first week
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that some have your days later on
everything gets done things stay civil
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and I would want to do that like that.
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That would be the plan.
[00:00:39.440]
I would I would have it all ready to go.
[00:00:42.120]
But then than that the people would come
along and then I would kind of do this.
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And that would happen every single paper.
[00:00:51.680]
But then came my 90 page senior thesis
paper you're supposed to spend a year on.
[00:00:57.960]
I knew for a paper like that my normal
workflow was not an option.
[00:01:01.560]
It was way too big a project.
[00:01:02.960]
So I planned things out and I decided
I kind of had to go something like this.
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,This is how the year would go.
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So it started off light.
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And I bumped it up in the middle months.
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And then at the end I would kick it up
into high gears a little staircase.
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How hard could it be
just walk up the stairs.
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No big deal right.
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But then funniest thing happened those
first few months they came and went.
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And I I couldn't quite do stuff.
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So we had an awesome new revised plan.
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And then.
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But then those middle months
actually went by.
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And I didn't really write words.
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And so we were here.
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And then two months turned into one month
[00:01:46.200]
turned into two weeks
and one day I woke up.
[00:01:49.840]
With three days until the deadline.
[00:01:53.440]
Still not having written a word.
[00:01:55.560]
And so I did the only thing I could.
, [00:01:57.600]
I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours
pulling not one but two all nighters.
[00:02:02.480]
Humans are not supposed
to put two all nighters.
[00:02:06.480]
Sprinted across campus dove in slow
motion and got it in of the deadline.
[00:02:11.960]
Now I thought that was
the end of everything.
[00:02:13.680]
But a week later I get a call.
[00:02:15.720]
It's the school.
[00:02:17.760]
And they say is this Tim Urban.
[00:02:19.520]
And I say Yeah.
[00:02:20.960]
And they say we need
to talk about your thesis.
[00:02:23.160]
And I say Okay.
[00:02:25.520]
And they say it's the best
one we've ever seen.
[00:02:37.080]
That did not happen.
[00:02:40.360]
It was a very very bad.
[00:02:45.440]
I just.
[00:02:46.560]
Wanted to enjoy that one moment when
all of you thought this guy's amazing.
[00:02:52.840]
No no.
It was very very bad.
So in college.
[00:00:15.440]
I was a government major which means
I had to write a lot of papers.
[00:00:19.480]
Now when a normal student writes a paper
[00:00:21.150]
they might spread the work
out a little like this.
[00:00:23.800]
So you know.
[00:00:26.840]
You get started maybe a little slowly
but you get enough done in the first week
[00:00:30.120]
that some have your days later on
everything gets done things stay civil
[00:00:36.000]
and I would want to do that like that.
[00:00:38.200]
That would be the plan.
[00:00:39.440]
I would I would have it all ready to go.
[00:00:42.120]
But then than that the people would come
along and then I would kind of do this.
[00:00:48.840]
And that would happen every single paper.
[00:00:51.680]
But then came my 90 page senior thesis
paper you're supposed to spend a year on.
[00:00:57.960]
I knew for a paper like that my normal
workflow was not an option.
[00:01:01.560]
It was way too big a project.
[00:01:02.960]
So I planned things out and I decided
I kind of had to go something like this.
[00:01:07.760]
,This is how the year would go.
[00:01:09.080]
So it started off light.
[00:01:11.360]
And I bumped it up in the middle months.
[00:01:13.680]
And then at the end I would kick it up
into high gears a little staircase.
[00:01:17.880]
How hard could it be
just walk up the stairs.
[00:01:20.360]
No big deal right.
[00:01:23.040]
But then funniest thing happened those
first few months they came and went.
[00:01:27.680]
And I I couldn't quite do stuff.
[00:01:29.640]
So we had an awesome new revised plan.
[00:01:32.760]
And then.
[00:01:35.400]
But then those middle months
actually went by.
[00:01:38.640]
And I didn't really write words.
[00:01:40.880]
And so we were here.
[00:01:43.600]
And then two months turned into one month
[00:01:46.200]
turned into two weeks
and one day I woke up.
[00:01:49.840]
With three days until the deadline.
[00:01:53.440]
Still not having written a word.
[00:01:55.560]
And so I did the only thing I could.
, [00:01:57.600]
I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours
pulling not one but two all nighters.
[00:02:02.480]
Humans are not supposed
to put two all nighters.
[00:02:06.480]
Sprinted across campus dove in slow
motion and got it in of the deadline.
[00:02:11.960]
Now I thought that was
the end of everything.
[00:02:13.680]
But a week later I get a call.
[00:02:15.720]
It's the school.
[00:02:17.760]
And they say is this Tim Urban.
[00:02:19.520]
And I say Yeah.
[00:02:20.960]
And they say we need
to talk about your thesis.
[00:02:23.160]
And I say Okay.
[00:02:25.520]
And they say it's the best
one we've ever seen.
[00:02:37.080]
That did not happen.
[00:02:40.360]
It was a very very bad.
[00:02:45.440]
I just.
[00:02:46.560]
Wanted to enjoy that one moment when
all of you thought this guy's amazing.
[00:02:52.840]
No no.
It was very very bad.
