backlog

I often get backlogged with my todo list.
My todo list makes it easy to push stuff back,
but even still,
I get so many items showing that it takes a while even to push them back,

and then they just show up again later

I've thought of tagging things with importance and urgency,
but it's too hard to assign absolute values that sort things the way I want

I'm thinking of adding a feature that shows me two todos at a time,
and asks me
"which is more important?"
"which is more urgent?"

since I tend to think that comparisons are easier than assigning absolute values