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Each task has a day counted from the start: Day 1, Day 3 and so on. In ActivityTracker you pick a start date or a finish date, and every task lands on a real day. Tasks that repeat keep repeating.

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Eisenhower matrix template: four sections, worked examples and a Monday re-sort

Sort every task by urgent and important into four sections: do it now, schedule it, hand it off, or drop it.

5 sections
8 tasks
Opens as a list
Dated from day 1

Eisenhower matrix

Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.

List everything on your plate, then sort it belowDay 1High

Do now: urgent and important

Example: reply to the client complaintDay 1Urgent
Example: submit the tax filing due FridayFridayUrgent

Schedule: important, not urgent

Example: plan next quarter's goalsDay 8High
Example: book the health screeningDay 15High

Hand off: urgent, not important

Example: reschedule the supplier meeting

Drop: neither

Example: reorganise old email folders

Routine

Re-sort the matrixEvery Monday 8:30

About this template

Urgent work shouts and important work waits quietly, so most days go to the loud things. The matrix asks two questions of every task and puts it in one of four sections. The aim is to spend more time in Schedule, the important work with no deadline yet.

Start by dumping everything into the unsorted list, then drag each task into its section.

Tips from the template

Important means it moves a goal forward. Urgent means it has a near deadline.
Give every task in Schedule a date.
Be honest with Drop. Delete those tasks at the end of the week.

How to use it in ActivityTracker

1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
2Find Eisenhower matrix and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.

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