At the approach of danger there are always two voices that speak with equal force in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man to consider the nature of the danger and the means of avoiding it; the other even more reasonable says that it is too painful and harassing to think of the danger, since it is not a man's power to provide for everything and escape from the general march of events; and that it is therefore better to turn aside from the painful subject till it has come, and to think of what is pleasant. In solitude a man generally yields to the first voice; in society to the second.
--War and Peace
Book X, chapter 17
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The service prioritizing has started to payoff marginally. Yesterday, while travelling over a busy overpass. I passed a truck stuck ontop of a new mattress. Initially I thought, wow tough luck. I had an appointment to catch and didn't see any real convenient way to pull over and help. However, I quickly remembered that I had written down on my schedule that any service was an A1 task. I pulled over, ran accross several busy lanes of traffic, onto the overpass only to find that someone else had already helped him off the mattress. I was only slightly disappointed. The schedule had effectively changed the way that I treat service opportunities. Now that I know that it is working, the next challenge will be to diligently schedule it daily.