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The 3-3-3 Planning Method, Defined Simply
A transparent version of the 3-3-3 method for a calmer, finite daily list.
“3-3-3 method” means different things in different places. On this site, it means three things that matter today, three small things that can wait, and three things you intentionally ignore.
Make the three columns
Write each heading on one page. Keep the first column genuinely limited to three items.
Use the waiting list
The second column holds tasks that are real but not urgent. This gives them a place without making them today’s burden.
Name what you are ignoring
The final column is permission, not avoidance. Choose nonessential things you are consciously not taking on today.