If you are in any big city, you will see scores of people hurrying to their respective places of work, getting onto the commute bandwagon in the morning, beating the blues to get to where they need to. On time.
The same applies to a creative person at work, hurrying so that she can deliver the project on time to the client. The state of mind at that time is to ignore all distractions and possibly do some deep work so that deadlines are respected. Alternatively, if the deadline is not sacrosanct, the state of mind is far at ease(probably bringing in avoidable procrastination into play).
The situation is no different at airports. You are either reaching early and battling dwell time to kill the extra hours or minutes that you have or you are in a frenzy and stressed enough to make it your gate and board on time.
Hurry and stress seem to be co related. They need not be. Rather than see hurry as a dependency, as a crutch, as an excuse, the lens to wear can be to look at hurry as an asset. To unearth the best version of ourselves, to deliver the art that we are capable of and for bringing the version of ourselves to the fore. To fulfill on promises made. Use hurry to take that leap, sidelining the distractions that dominate our lives. Hurry has the power to be an ally, an asset, an ammunition. Switch that power on or off based on your need.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.