![]() ![]() Once I’ve crossed off the time-sensitive ones, I’m left with a bunch of tasks that are important, but don’t necessarily need to be done that day. Let’s say I’m working on my to-do list for my business and have a bunch of super important tasks to get done. If all the tasks are important, think about which will have the most significant impact. Prioritize the Task That Will Have the Greatest Result The best way to separate the urgent from the non-urgent is by using a handy tool called the Eisenhower Matrix. The tasks that are urgent as well as important trump those that are just important. They have a deadline and need to be done soon. Those that are urgent are time-sensitive. Tasks that are important are those that are going to have a long-term impact on your life, your job, your business, etc. When you’re really in a time crunch, some of those tasks that are important in the long-term but not really urgent may need to be postponed until you have more time to get to them. Just because everything on your list is important does not mean everything on your list is urgent. If it’s the latter, consider just ditching the project altogether and freeing up some room on your to-do list! I’ve also taken on projects that I wasn’t excited about and it turns out, really didn’t matter that much for my business. I’ve taken on really huge projects that I was excited about, but also super nervous, and I was procrastinating because I was worried about failing. What might be more beneficial is to ask yourself why you’re procrastinating. But if you’ve got an overflowing to-do list and hardly enough time to get everything done, you really don’t have time for procrastination. I notice that the projects I tend to over plan on are those that I’m anxious about starting, and I’m really just using the planning process as a form of procrastination. There comes a point when your time spent planning just really isn’t productive anymore, and you’d be better off just diving into the project. I love to plan and prefer to go into a project having as much planned out ahead of time as possible, so what I’m about to say might seem a bit counterintuitive. ![]() Working backward is a great way to tackle it because you can start with your final goal and use that to figure out where you need to start. Sometimes when you’re starting a new project, it can be overwhelming to figure out where to start. What is the final result going to look like? And what do I need to do right before that? And before that? When I’m figuring out what tasks need to get done to accomplish my big project, I like to work backward. That’s because big projects are usually made up of tons of small tasks. When you’ve got a huge project to take on, you can’t really just throw it on the to-do list as is and expect that it’s going to get done. And all of those tasks from the big picture to-do list will eventually make their way onto a daily to-do list to be finished. I also keep a big picture to-do list of all the projects I want to get done long-term, whether they be for my business or for me personally. I write a daily to-do list every day that is filled with small, manageable tasks that need to get done that day. I just like to have the visual representation of everything I need to get done, and that also ensures I don’t forget anything! I tend to get really stressed and feel super disorganized when I’ve got a bunch of ideas and mental notes floating around in my head, so step one for me is always getting everything down on a to-do list. In this post, I’m sharing some of the best tips that will help you to prioritize your tasks, even when everything on your to-do list seems important. That’s how I felt for years as I balanced all of the responsibilities I had.Įverything feels urgent and you don’t know where to start! In this post I’m sharing the tips you NEED to teach you how to prioritize tasks when everything seems super urgent. When you’re juggling multiple things in your life (for example, a full-time job, a side hustle, school, a family, etc.) it can seem like your to-do list is pretty much overflowing, and prioritizing tasks can feel pretty impossible. ![]()
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