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1457 points nromiun | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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e40 ◴[30 Aug 25 18:55 UTC] No.45077089[source]▶
This is why I make lists. Of everything. Checklists for technical processes (work and personal). Checklists for travel. Little "how to" docs on pretty much everything I do that I'm sure I won't remember past a week.

It completely removes the stress of doing things repeatedly. I recently had to do something I hadn't done in 2 years. Yep, the checklist/doc on it was 95% correct, but it was no problem fixing the 5%.

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mettamage ◴[30 Aug 25 19:16 UTC] No.45077220[source]▶
In like Apple Notes or what do you store the checklists in?
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1. mimischi ◴[30 Aug 25 20:24 UTC] No.45077721[source]▶
I don’t think there’s a correct answer here. Whatever floats your boat. Do you want to scribble things by hand into a physical notebook? Great! Want to use Notepad on Windows for .txt? Or create a .docx using Word?

Don’t follow trends and seek the “next best way to hack your productivity”. Most of those things are snake oil and a waste of time. Just use whatever you have available and build a process yourself. That’s what most people have done that are successful in applying this. They just use the tool they are comfortable with, and don’t over engineer for the sake of it