I used to fill up my task list with everything and flag half of it as important. Then I'd sit there staring at 15 "high priority" items not knowing where to start. That's not prioritising, that's just labelling anxiety. I tried Notion, Trello, plain ol' notepad. They held my tasks fine, but I was spending more time managing the tool than doing the work. Every time I finished something, I had to manually re-sort everything else around it. It felt like the tools were designed for storing tasks, not for deciding what to actually do. What I wanted was something that matched how I already think about my work. I've got areas, and under each one there are things I need to do, and some of those break down into smaller steps. That's just how my brain organises it, so I built the structure around that. The forced top 3 part came from realising that if I just picked 3 things to focus on each day, I actually got them done. The rest is just a way to make picking those 3 less overwhelming. I'd say it works pretty well for me, but I'm curious how you guys approach this. What does your process look like when you sit down and decide what to work on for the day?

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Stop spending 20 minutes deciding what to work on—Start in 2

Stop spending 20 minutes deciding what to work on—Start in 2