Deadlines period.

I take deadlines seriously.

I have learned later in my professional life that others do not.

It really comes down to whether you see a deadline as a guillotine, or a mere suggestion? Deadlines to me are akin to my mother counting to three. 

Did I know what would happen if she made it to three? 

No. 

Did I want to? 

No. 

And there it was--- 

Not worth the risk.

If I miss a deadline, I must be subconsciously convinced that something terrible will happen. My hand will fall off, or my teeth will pop out, or... I don't know?

Perhaps it was growing up with a father who had us to the airport 3 hours early for our flight.

You had a deadline.

Needed to be prepared. 

To face it. 

To meet it. 

To fulfill your obligation.

I've been working on one for a children's magazine. Can't show you too much. Top secret world of children's publishing, you know...

But I will make it. 

I take deadlines seriously--- period.