I say courage because these things are likely to change and the changes might embarrass one down the line: 'This is what I thought I was going to do? N00b.' My supervisory team also seems to frown on these sorts of practices, but I find them useful. Anyway, I am already realising one mistake: I will need to submit my final draft one more time to my supervisors before they approve it for 'official' submission, meaning that the end date will likely become what I want to avoid: 30 September 2012. Nature of the beast, I guess.