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Sort my todo list by Eisenhower (urgent vs important)

Your todo list is overwhelming. You need someone to call out what's actually urgent vs busy-work.

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Sort my todo list using the Eisenhower matrix. Be honest about what's actually urgent vs what just feels urgent.

My list:
{{paste todo list, one item per line, with any context about deadlines}}

Sort into:
- **Q1: Urgent + Important** — do today
- **Q2: Important, not urgent** — schedule, this is what gets ignored but matters most
- **Q3: Urgent, not important** — delegate or batch (these feel like work but aren't)
- **Q4: Neither** — drop or backlog

For each item, one-line reasoning. Be skeptical of "urgent" — most things people call urgent are actually Q3 or even Q4 dressed up.

After the sort, tell me:
- The Q2 item I should protect time for this week (the most important)
- Anything in Q1 that smells like manufactured urgency I'm letting in
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