I can see the deadline in the horizon

I'm getting to that awkward stage of proposal writing: when you look at the methodology chapter of a thesis and marvel at the perfectness of the language and then look at your own first draft of your proposal, and it looks like shit. Nevermind that yours is a first draft and the thesis is probably a sixth or even tenth draft, language polished until it shines.

But it's just a matter of getting through it. Rewrite, get feedback and rewrite again.

Sigh.