The nicest feeling in work is to be ahead of schedule and cruising at a leisurely pace. If you want to blog every day, for instance, you've got a nightmare on your hands if you wait until the day you're supposed to post.
Things go wrong. Also, things go right -- sometimes opportunities come up that you really don't want to neglect.
That's when being ahead of schedule is very cool. I'm also pleased to report that I'm ahead of schedule now on blogging -- this post was written a couple days ago. It's much, much better than the alternative way.
What kinds of things are you doing at the last minute? How could you get some distance in there to make your life easier?