Last month pressure from others and seemingly urgent situations cornered you into making commitments you felt ill-prepared for.

Enough that you realise this cycle of reflection was long overdue, and as those more urgent situations are dealt with, you turn your attention to other, less pressing ones.

This example can be extended to even more urgent situations, such as a car crash or natural disaster.

In urgent situations it may be unacceptable to wait hours for lab test results before blood products are given.

A doctrine was developed of having units in the field, particularly ships at sea, maintain radio silence except for urgent situations, such as reporting contact with enemy forces.