The 15‑Minute Task Triage

A quick method for sorting tasks into now, later, delegate, or delete.

Task lists get overwhelming when everything looks equally urgent. Triage fixes that quickly.

Set a timer for 15 minutes. For each item, decide: do it today, schedule it, delegate it, or delete it.

If you can’t decide, it probably isn’t clear enough. Rewrite the task into a concrete next step.