urgency vs emergency

What is the difference between a feeling of urgency and an actual urgent /emergent situation? We can rev ourselves up , maintain a constant anxiety and busyness, which may or may not relate to actual need for timely intervention. Sometimes the feeling of urgency is an important precursor to action, but it can also be a false positive, an unnecessary tension. When this sustained unconscious urgency infects everything we do , we burn out more quickly. The practice is to be able to quickly recognize important tasks, triage which ones need timely action, and fully complete them.