We talked at a job of mine at one point about that concept of ‘having a sense of urgency’ in one’s work. Most people thought that meant hurrying and thereby doing a poor job. I might have been the only one who instantly understood it to be otherwise (which was actually the case and the point of the concept’s being mentioned in the meeting). Having a sense of urgency is very different from hurrying. Hurrying often include mistakes and poor or incomplete work, skipped steps. Having a sense of urgency is being aware of a time restraint and making practicable adjustments to one’s speed in order to complete it fully yet efficiently and sooner than a regular casual approach would have produced. It is not rushing. It is being efficiently quick. Being level-headed and calm while moving with efficiency and speed
Anyway, I think about this phrase a lot in my life. I often have a sense of urgency about things. Not always. But it happens often around sleep for me, and certain things around the baby. Main examples are around leaving the house and around going to bed. Both take many steps and much efficiency to complete at all quickly. I almost always act with a sense of urgency on these two. I need to get somewhere on time. I need to maximize sleep while the baby is asleep. They are important things to accomplish with a sense of urgency. My husband does not act with a sense of urgency on either front, and it deeply upsets me. For him, there just is no urgency around them. I don’t know that he has thought through the entire series of events between right now and where we are going or how the night will go and what tomorrow holds and how much sleep he may need etc., etc., and so on and so forth. My brain only operates that way, so I have always thought about then whole series of events and their requirements and what makes the most sense. And they usually mean that it is time to operate with a sense of urgency. And, so, I do.
Post-a-day 2025
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