Personally, I find the rule of dividing all tasks into 4 lists very helpful. I didn’t invent this, so I might later edit the post by adding information about the original source (if I find it). But for now, here’s the essence.
If you have accumulated many tasks that need to be completed, sorted out, and planned, then to avoid chaos, I recommend breaking them down into 4 lists:
- Important and urgent
- Not important, but urgent
- Important, but not urgent
- Not important and not urgent
Everything in the fourth point can be safely thrown overboard. Perform the remaining three according to priority from 1 to 3.
As I understand it, this is called the Eisenhower Matrix. However, it doesn’t have such a radical piece of advice regarding point number 4. But I do. Thanks to Vitaly Tarangul for introducing me to this method of prioritizing tasks.
