Managing tasks can be overwhelming. Without a proper system, it's easy to get lost. Here's my simple way to organize your tasks and priorities.
If you don't have an app for jotting down tasks, install Todoist. The app doesn't really matter here; you can use what you already use.
Write down everything you need to do in the app.
Set a way to mark the priority of a task from 1 to 4. In Todoist, this is built into the app. 1 is the highest priority.
Initially, mark all tasks as the lowest priority (4).
Next, choose up to 100 tasks as priority 3 (if you have less than 100, that's nice ;) ).
From these 100 tasks, select 20 tasks and mark them as priority 2.
From these 20 tasks, choose 4 tasks and mark them as priority 1.
From these 4 tasks, assign a completion date to one of them for today.
Complete the tasks planned for today (besides that one selected, you’ll probably have recurring tasks added to the app).
Once you finish everything planned for today, choose the next task for today from the list of tasks marked with priority 1.
Once you finish all tasks from P1, select another 4 tasks from those marked as priority 2 and mark them as P1.
In short, this is the Pareto principle applied twice (regularly look for the 20% of tasks that yield the most results).
You can view tasks with a given priority in Todoist using filters.
Every week, DEFINITELY review everything and check if priorities need to be changed.
The end.