Prioritize this week's pile of to-dos by what really comes first
A ready-to-use “Work & Business” AI prompt template, designed and tested with ChatGPT. Replace the (bracketed) parts below with your own needs.
Prompt template
I have a lot going on this week and it's messy — help me put things in the order they truly should be handled, rather than doing whatever feels most stressful first. My to-dos this week (list them all, any order): () Those with firm deadlines: (mark them) My single most important goal this week: () Roughly the working hours I have: (e.g., 6 hours a day) Please: 1. Categorize each item by the "important/urgent" lens 2. Give a suggested handling order and explain why 3. Point out what can actually be postponed, delegated, or simply dropped 4. Give me a top-three list I can start on today Be direct — if you should talk me out of something, do.
How to use this prompt
- Copy the whole prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT or ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini.
- Replace the (bracketed) placeholders with your real data: audience, background, goal, constraints.
- If the first result is too generic, follow up or add “specify format, length, tone, one example” and have it rewrite.
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