All tasks will fall into a combination of importance and urgency. Important and urgent, unimportant and urgent, important but not urgent, and unimportant and not urgent. Many find that they are always doing those tasks that are important and urgent because they spend the rest of their time doing things that are not important and not urgent. If we can spend more time doing those things that are important but not urgent, our stress is reduced, because things will seldom become urgent (at least not the important things).