I was never beat but I hate being late. I don't have an issue with it at all, I'm just... not late, and I don't see why I should practice being disrespectful with other people's time.

Anyway, then I had kids and they're alway always slow which makes me late for everything, so I guess that's my punishment. I try to be zen about it.

Damn what an unfortunate coincidence, but also totally not your fault. And you know I'm sure everything turned out fine, right? Like the event didn't get cancelled. The "bad thing" that happened was a bunch of people standing around chatting for 15 minutes.

I'm sure you've had to wait on someone for longer than 15 minutes. The world doesn't end, right?

If it's just a habit you're into it's not like it's something bad? I guess everyone's anxieties are different but I always make sure to be early as well. It's just being well prepared and a responsible adult? Mine was never instilled in me it was something I learned to do naturally. Especially when it comes to something like the airport. Better to be a bit early and have some time to read a book or mess around on my phone than to be late and miss a flight. Not being critical of you, I get everyone has different mental health journeys, I'm just saying if being late requires planning and stress maybe that's not helping the problem either.

Be late to places where you yourself are not expected. If you’re late to poker or D&D or a concert that is not good, but a party with no schedule and a blanket invite to a bunch of people is totally fine to be late because people are expected to come and go.

Even still, being on time is a good thing even if we can agree that the anxiety maybe isn’t.