If you don’t have checklists for the routine things you do, like traveling or grocery shopping, you could be missing out on a huge time saver. A checklist is simply a list of things you need to check to get your task done.

An example of the power of using checklists for the business traveler. A frequent flyer-only checklist can save a great deal of time and lessen your stress. If you have a typed sheet of everything you need to make sure you bring such as an umbrella, razor, toothbrush, etc.; this would greatly increase your packing ability and be less stressful.

This made it sound so simple that you won’t even want to go through the trouble of writing the list, but if you try this approach, you’ll find that packing is faster, easier, and less stressful.

Checklists have long been used by people to shop for groceries, but somehow checklists haven’t permeated other areas of people’s lives.

Think of all the tasks you have to do that are routine, and you could probably make a checklist for it, to make it quicker and easier for you to get your task done.

Other areas where checklists could be helpful:

Holiday homes
car maintenance
House cleaning
Family holidays

Once you start writing a checklist, you’ll find that you’ll probably miss a number of things. Think of your first version of the checklist as a draft, because once you put it to use, you will realize that you will have forgotten a lot to include it.

This is when you see the power of having checklists for routine things. Seeing how many things you get out of your head and put on the checklist makes the task less stressful and easier. Start using checklists today and your time management will improve tremendously.

It can be hard to find good checklist templates online unless you know where to look.