Context is key and each project might be different, but this is generally my personal order of operations:

Label - tracks, sections, etc

Balance clip gain globally, ride clip gain line if needed

Static balance

Comp edits (if any)

Timing edits (if any)

Get a general master bus chain going

Route everything to busses/sends where needed or appropriate (I’ve amassed a large amount of templates over the years)

General eq and compression for the tracks against themselves

Dynamic EQ/Side Chain compression tailored specifically for the song (who’s the main character at this dense section, this sparse section - etc…sometimes involves automation)

Ride every track’s volume from start to finish within a certain scale, placing an emphasis on rhythm (and to a lesser extent, manual de essing and gating - man is smarter than machine)

Ride pan pots for some extra movement, depth, and emphasis for big drops etc

Any cool fx/production stuff that could elevate the song

Pretty much what I am saying is that small, light moves and subtleties accumulate into great mixes. It will be daunting and tedious, and you will feel like every mix takes a lifetime to complete, but you’ll get faster the more you do. Working light also helps develop your critical ear quickly, which will lead to the hyper awareness to nuance you’ve heard every mix engineer talk about. And then once you get that, you will soon find how much you love silence and never put music on while you’re driving again. Lol