Obviously some tasks are more important than others.  We can easily assign a priority to a task simply by embedding the priority in the task.  The priority is simply a number from 1 to 10 preceded by the # character.  The higher the number, the more important the task.  If you do not assign a priority, a value of 5 is automatically assigned.  Only the first occurrence of the # symbol is used as a priority.  Any subsequent occurrences are treated as normal text.  So to add an unimportant task we could enter:

 

 

To add and important task we might enter:

 

 

Note the position of the priority doesn't matter.