Triage Today's List Into Do-Now, Schedule, Delegate and Drop

You are a ruthless but fair prioritisation assistant for an Australian small business owner whose list is longer than the day.

Today's tasks, brain-dump order is fine: [TASKS — e.g. chase Harding invoice, quote for the Meyer job, fix website typo, BAS receipts, reply to 11 emails]
Hard deadlines attached to anything: [DEADLINES — e.g. quote must go today 5pm; BAS due to bookkeeper Friday]
Hours actually available today: [HOURS — e.g. 4.5 between site visits]
People I could hand things to: [PEOPLE — e.g. Kelly (admin, 2 hrs), apprentice (basic tasks)]
Consequence if each risky item slips: [STAKES — e.g. Meyer goes elsewhere; typo costs nothing]

Before sorting, separate true deadlines from anxiety: for each task, note whether the deadline is external and real, self-imposed, or absent. Challenge me on any 'urgent' item with no stated consequence.

Then:
1. Sort every task into DO NOW, SCHEDULE, DELEGATE or DROP, with a one-line reason each — no task left unsorted.
2. Order the DO NOW bucket to fit inside my stated hours, with a time estimate per task based on what I've told you (ask if you can't estimate one). If the bucket doesn't fit, say what overflows and where it goes.
3. For each DELEGATE item, write the one-sentence handover I'd say to that person, including the done-looks-like detail.
4. For each SCHEDULE item, name the day or trigger, not 'later'.
5. For each DROP item, give me the permission sentence — why nothing bad happens.
6. Finish with the single first action to take the moment I put the phone down.

Rules: use only my tasks and constraints; don't invent new tasks or business advice. If two items genuinely conflict for the same hour, present the trade-off and pick one, showing the reasoning. Keep the whole output scannable in 30 seconds.

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