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You are not alone. I was late for everything I had to go to for most of my life. It seemed like it came from some sort of compulsive procrastination. You don't sound like an inconsiderate person. I think the tendency to be late is some kind of a disorder of its own. But that kind of is neither here, nor there. It basically becomes a habit that is incredibly hard to break. The best thing people could do for me was to not tolerate my being late. It is actually good to have some bad consequences to the lateness. Breaking the habit is still very hard.
It is great that you are taking responsibility for this behavior. One way to keep the pressure on yourself to change and to recondition your mind is to never make lame excuses for it. It really doesn't even sound like you do that, which is good. Some people with this problem stay in denial that they have a problem.
Whenever I'm late, I apologize and offer no excuse. If someone asks, "Why are you late?" - then I say "because I really should have gotten going earlier than I did." This is one of the hardest habits in the world to break, right up there with cigarette smoking.
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