Get the work in view.
Write down what is competing for your attention, then identify the three outcomes that matter most.
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A CREATIVE SUPPLEMENT FOR VIDEO EDITORS
Daily Priorities Worksheet
For busy freelance video editors balancing multiple clients, deadlines and requests who need to decide what actually deserves their attention today.
USE IT WHEN
Everything feels important, several clients need something and your day risks becoming a reaction to whoever is loudest.
IT HELPS YOU LEAVE WITH
Three priorities in order, a clearer reason for each choice and one explicit commitment about what you will not let distract you.
$72-page printable PDF
22 prompts for your editing work
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22 prompts for your editing work
A digital worksheet you can print or annotate in your preferred PDF app.
REAL WORKSHEET PROMPTS
A full inbox. A clearer plan.
What are the three most important outcomes for today?
- Deliver the creator’s first cut by 4 p.m.
- Send the agreed client revisions.
- Confirm the scope of the next edit.
Is this genuinely time-sensitive, or did someone else make it feel urgent?
The first-cut deadline is real. The thumbnail change can wait for the next review.
WHAT IS ONE THING YOU ARE OFFICIALLY GIVING YOURSELF PERMISSION NOT TO DO TODAY?
Rework my portfolio or check notifications between every cut.
Illustrative answers from a freelance editor
Choose your priorities. Then defend them.
Use it before you open the timeline. Return to your answers when new requests start competing with the work you chose.
Put the priorities in order.
Decide what deserves the top spot and separate a real deadline from a request that only feels urgent.
Protect the plan.
Challenge busywork, name what you can delay and make an explicit choice about what will not distract you.
Inside the worksheet.
Two pages of questions and space for your answers. The previews below show the actual PDF pages.
Choose today’s priorities.
Defend your choices.
