I can relate, especially to the bit where he says "I can only seem to accomplish anything when I have far too much to do, for the simple reason that I have no shortage of projects to work on as a way of not working on the most important ones." I think a lot of college students have this mentality, which may be why people think we come across as "lazy." I've found that the sure-fire way to get me working on some relatively unimportant task is to put a more urgent one in the pipe.