We generate our own emergencies by overextending ourselves and then addressing those tasks only when they become dire. Visualizing our work helps us appropriately channel our efforts by not letting us hide unattractive tasks in the recesses of our minds. Without visualization, prioritization is reactionary and thoughtless. Our actions gravitate towards the emergency du jour. We repeat this fatalistic and self-defeating process until soon everything presents itself as urgent. After a while, we begin to assume that this is just the nature of life.
