Carry unfinished tasks to tomorrow’s list — and evaluate whether they belong

Anything from today that isn’t done goes through the same six-slot prioritization tomorrow, not automatic carry-over.

Why it works

Automatic carry-over converts a six-item prioritized list back into an unbounded accumulation. Evaluating carry-over tasks against the fresh priority question — "is this important enough for one of tomorrow’s six slots?" — maintains the filtering function. Items that keep failing the evaluation either need to be delegated, deferred to a future date, or eliminated as tasks that were never genuinely important.

How to do it

1. At the end of the day, look at any uncompleted tasks and ask: "Does this genuinely belong in tomorrow’s top six?"
2. If yes, include it in tomorrow’s list in its appropriate position.
3. If no, move it to a backlog or delete it — do not let inertia carry it forward.

Evidence

Task evaluation and filtering are the key mechanisms that distinguish effective planning systems from list accumulation. The specific carry-forward evaluation is practitioner design rather than a tested intervention; the underlying value of deliberate filtering is consistent with Bullet Journal migration research and GTD weekly-review research. (anecdotal)

The mechanism (filtering maintains prioritization) is sound; the specific evaluation question is practitioner-level guidance.

Common mistake

Automatically copying unfinished tasks to tomorrow without re-evaluating, which gradually fills the six slots with stale commitments that crowd out genuinely important new ones.