My Mistake

Our last month of our senior year in high school is coming up. There is still so much work to be done. When I walk around campus, I hear a lot of seniors say they are just going to "wing" these last few days. I also use to say that I was going to "wing" everything. "Winging it" means to improvise and do something without the proper preparation for it. But I learned that I was not actually "winging" anything, until this second semester of my senior year.
When I first started my senior year, I notice that I only had three classes: Gov/Econ, AP English 12, and calculus. I told myself that this year was going to be a piece of cake because I do not have to do that much work. In order to succeed, I thought setting a few goals for myself would do the trick. The goals were to always stay on track with my work, never miss any days of school, and always sit in the front. I always kept these goals in back of my head. I told myself that I would surely survive senior year and possibly get straight A's with the help of my goals.
I stuck with my goals all throughout the first quarter of the year. I had two A's and one B. Not bad. I did not have to do that much work. All I had to do was wake up on time and really focus in class. The only thing that was sort of a bugging me was I didn't talk to my friends at all that whole quarter. So I said I will do the same thing until the end of the first semester, but this time I wanted to chit-chat.
Towards the end, I was sort of struggling. I was talking to my friends in class and was tardy a lot for my first hour, which resulted in not knowing what my assignments were at the time. Apparently, I had a few assignments missing in some of my classes. It was not a lot of missing work. So I turned in most of it at the end of the semester and really tried on my tests. My grade calculated to an A, a B, and a C. Not that much changed about my grades I thought. I was not sad or mad about them. I was just relieved that the first semester had passed!!
Our last semester had started. I felt like I could just "relax" and not pay attention this semester because it was my last one. Out of nowhere, Mr. Nielson called me into his office. He told me that I missed my first hour class a lot towards the end of the last semester and I lost some credit for it. He also said it was easy to fix. All I had to do was be absent free throughout the third quarter and I get my credit back. I was scared because I thought I wasn't going to graduate, so I listened to him. I was here on time, but I didn't really pay attention in my classes. I started "winging" my tests. At the end I got my credit back and had an A, a B, and a C.
Finally, our last quarter started. I thought I could do the same thing and not pay attention. It worked for about a month then things started getting tough. I had a lot of assignments coming at me. I did not want to do them because I was so used to just relaxing and being lazy. I had two options: do my work and get less sleep, or not do my work and get a lot of sleep. Knowing what I've been doing, I chose option two. Bad choice. I was sleeping in and doing less work than usual.
At this point, I'm barely hanging on by a thread. I regret ever "winging it". I have grades that I know could have been better. I have to get motivation from Mr. Phaturos all the time now. I'm just really hoping for the best.