It is still finally coming to this

Deadline... Deadline... Got to make that deadline! My thesis is progressing nicely. 69 Pages and counting, all filled with scientific ramblings. However, I can't seem to keep myself from being a perfectionist. I turn over each word in my mind, wondering whether it's the right one.

• "Is this fact or is this opinion?"

• "If this is fact, why is that so? Who said that and when? And what did he/she say exactly?"

• "Damnit, I can of course just copy this formula, but what if it's wrong? Let's just derive it... Darn, need a crash course in combinatorics for that... Ah well, let's just do that then..."

• "'Significant'! No... I don't know that, I didn't test it... 'Obvious'! No... Don't want to offend the not so bright reader... 'Clear'! No... Used that five times already... 'Unequivocal'! Hmyeah... Should suffice...'

• ...

And that's how it goes with the deadlines drawing nearer and nearer. I already have to skip a first revision and just go straight to the 2nd. Let's just hope the work up until now suffices.