Deadlines
To dream about a deadline may reflect nagging feelings about an important event coming up. A sense of urgency to complete something. Anxiety about delays or needing to get a job done. Panicking about the day or week ahead of you. Anxiety about something wrong happening before an important event.
Example: A man dreamed of having an important deadline. In waking life he was having anxiety and paranoia about an important event at work the next day.