It sounds like direction. Similar to pre-emptive preparation ahead of events. Planning, preparation, three-step forward thinking so nothing catches you off guard.
You persuade yourself it is clever. Sensible. Better to prepare than to be taken unawares.
You begin to live in events still to come. Practicing talks that could never occur. worrying over results yet far off. Trying to fix issues that have not yet occurred, you create entire scenarios in your head.
And the present passes silently by you while you're busying yourself.
Thinking ahead provides some form of security. It makes you feel as though you are safeguarding yourself, like you are doing something. But there is also a price. You are carrying a weight you were not meant to carry yet.
Not all issues have to be addressed ahead of time.
Some events only have sense when they actually happen. Some responses appear in the moment rather than before it. And life still finds a way to surprise you no matter how much you plan.