Nuanced priority usage

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Higher priority does not always mean the task should always be done before other tasks with lower priority.

Imagine a case when you have only one Started task in the list. Now, a new more important task is added to Next. Assigning the highest priority will now make the task in Next more urgent than the task in Started, hence it appears on top of the list in Now / Later workflow, and it will be highlighted as the next task to work on.

Assigning the priority of High to the task in Next won't have the same effect. You can use the priority of High to sort your next tasks to work on after you finish the work you already started.

Similarly, this can be applied to Low and Lowest priorities. Assigning a lower priority to a task in Started means putting it on hold for a while.

See the table below for the exact order of rules in workflows based on task status (higher in the list means more urgent).

Status	Priority
Due	Highest
Started	Highest
Next	Highest
Due	High
Due	Normal
Started	High
Started	Normal
Next	High
Next	Normal
Due	Low
Started	Low
Next	Low
Due	Lowest
Started	Lowest
Next	Lowest
Waiting	Highest
Waiting	High
Waiting	Normal
Later	Highest
Later	High
Later	Normal
Waiting	Low
Waiting	Lowest
Later	Low
Later	Lowest

And here for Must/Should/Want method workflow:

Motivation	Priority
Due	Highest
Must	Highest
Should	Highest
Want	Highest
Due	High
Due	Normal
Must	High
Must	Normal
Should	High
Should	Normal
Want	High
Want	Normal
Due	Low
Must	Low
Should	Low
Want	Low
Due	Lowest
Must	Lowest
Should	Lowest
Want	Lowest
Unknown	Highest
Unknown	High
Unknown	Normal
Unknown	Low
Unknown	Lowest