"I had two competing deadlines for two projects. The most important one I was running out of time on. So I completed it ahead of schedule and approacedh my instructor and explained to them I wasn't happy with the project and intended on polishing it. But, just in case, I wanted to hand in what I did have, just in case I couldn't get the more polished one turned in on time. They said they understood. So then I finished the other project, and I realized I had some extra time, so really went above and beyond for that project before I turned it in, and then came back to the first project, and started really making that one shine. I was up pretty late, and normally my instructor can be reached at that hour, but I wasn't able to get a hold of them. So when I turned the project in the next day, it was past the deadline. But, they said they would review and contrast both forms of my project, and would decide if an exception to turning in the work late would be allowed, or if the previous version would stand as the graded work. In the end, they accepted the final version, based on the responsible planning I did, and how much more exceptional the final version was."