I hate the word "procrastination"

There are plenty of situations where the word "procrastination" can apply to me. I try not to procrastinate, but it just happens. Yet, it seems when I work hard to get something done well in advance I cannot make any progress and it still ends up getting done last minute. Lets take a presentation for example. I can sit and work for days attempting to put together a really great presentation and the entire time I either draw a complete blank or I end up hating what I have done and erase it all. Once the deadline nears and the pressure is on everything just seems to flow right onto the screen as if I am not even doing it. This is not an isolated incident. This tends to be the norm for me. A couple of years ago I had roughly two months to put together a 15-20 page review paper for a class. I spent plenty of time gathering up all of the articles I would reference, but everytime I sat down to write I just sat and stared at a blank screen. The night before it was due (yes, the night before) I sat down and wrote the entire thing, finished about 6am and ended up with the highest grade in the class on that paper. I have no idea what phenomenon causes this but I wish I could remedy it. As well as things tend to work out, I really wish I could get projects and papers done (to my liking) as soon as they are assigned so that I don't have to cary that stress around until the last minute. That being said, I hope everyone likes my presentation today!!