I try to abide by the productivity concept of “parking on an incline”. The idea of planning out what you will do the next day or next week ahead of time, so when the time comes, you can get started straight away.
This mostly works great, and every time I fail to do it, I end up scrambling to figure out priorities first thing in the morning, which never works out quite as well.
But I can’t help but notice, especially if I’ve done my planning on a friday for the following week, that what seemed important then may not be so important on Monday.
After I’ve slept on it, priorities shift. New projects emerge.
I’m still always thankful to never be working from a blank slate in the morning, but it’s easy to treat the plans I set forth like they’re written in ink when really they’re written in pencil.
So go ahead and park on an incline for the next day. Just be ready to shift things around a bit once you’re ready to go.