Categorize and prioritize your to-do list with ABCs and 123s.

Identify the one thing you want to get out of an interaction.

Set clear boundaries with your time.

Drop the plastic balls to keep the glass ones in the air.

Take everything out of your closet and put it back in order of priority.

Set aside time to hack on a crazy idea.

How do you want to engage with the thing you’re interested in?

Calculate the impact to effort ratio of various tasks in order to prioritize them.

Protect your time by scheduling meetings with yourself.

If future you will be more capable, pass your current problem to future you.

What is the one thing that will make you feel the best to complete today?

Identify what you want to start doing, stop doing, and continue doing.

Everything you own is stored away. What will you retrieve first?

What would you do with a 25th hour of the day?

If a task will take you less than 2 minutes, do it now.

Identify which of your projects are “in the spotlight” and “waiting in the wings.”

What will you do? How will you do it? When will you do it?

What could matter? What does matter? What matters most?

Make a list of the things that will get done by the end of the day.