Write down EVERYTHING you have to do in a “brain dump” list. Write down anything and everything that comes to mind.

• Rank your tasks in order of importance and/ or urgency from 1 to 3. Give the most urgent or important tasks a “1.” 
• Give your least important tasks a “3.”
• Write the top three on a sticky note, and flip your “brain dump” list over, or put it away, until those three tasks are completed.
• If you only have three “1”s, then you are set. If you have more than three however, you will have to further rank them in order of priority. It may help to start a new list with just the “1”s, then repeat the process.

You can do this for a weekly planner spread or a daily spread to prioritize your tasks on a long to-do list.

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