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1455 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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1. ivan_ah ◴[30 Aug 25 21:59 UTC] No.45078355[source]▶
+1 for lists. I used to procrastinate and suffer every year to do my taxes. Always submit last minute (stress) or late (stress + penalties), but ever since I created a checklist for all the steps (data extractions, data transform in Excel, data loading into tax software, etc.) the tax season is no longer this bad. It still takes me a day, but no stress... just grind though the checkboxes!