One step behind

As I'm looking at my completely crammed agenda and thinking about how often times, I don't think ahead and deadlines creep up on me, quite a few idioms/adages came to mind:

Too little too late (if that even counts?)
One step behind
The early bird gets the worm
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy and wise.

Mainly, "one step behind" seems to be a common theme to my life. In dance, I'm ususally one of the last people to pick up the choreo. . .or late in doing the moves. . .or just doing them completely wrong ><"

And in life, I get so caught up doing daily activities as simple as studying, going to class & working that I forget to do important things ahead of time like search for internships/scholarships. Before I know it, I only have 1 or 2 weeks to complete a rigorous application, ask for reference letters & etc. Maybe I should have looked into these things ahead of time. . .

All of this just makes me wonder: am I even good at anything anymore? Is being a capable person in general areas worse than being great at a few specific tasks? Or maybe I'm just pushing myself too hard and trying to bite off more than I can chew. If so, how am I supposed to and when will I figure out which things to leave behind & which things to focus on?

Basically everything is a trade off and I can't seem to figure out the marginal costs & benefits properly. Too bad there's no MC & MB Life Calculator or something.