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In the Message in a Bottle exercise we were mainly concerned about how big the projects were and how much time we had to get them all done. When you are priortising which events or projects you should tackle first, it is necessary to also analyse them in terms of their urgency and importance
Urgent events have to be dealt with as soon as possible. If your car's fuel tank is showing empty, then this is something you have to address urgently.
Important events have to be addressed at some stage. It may be important that you write a letter to a friend but there is not necessarily a deadline for this.
Bearing in mind that people will prioritise according to their own individual judgments, have a go at classifying the following events into the table below:
meeting a deadline, recreation, phone interruptions, watching television, planning, servicing the car