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by linopolus 3131 days ago
Could you elaborate on how you manage this with org-mode? Do you have to manually reset the lists every evening?
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Not for TODO items, but org-mode specifically has the RESET_CHECK_BOXES property which will reset the checkboxes when a repeating task goes back to it's start state (eg, habits). TODO items can be repeating and there is a way to make it so that a parent heading will switch to DONE when all sub-entries are done (and that parent heading can be repeating as well).

Just to add my two cents to the conversation, it's a personal call between using checkboxes versus sub-heading TODO items, but I typically use checkboxes for physical items (packing lists) or actions with a duration that is sub-minute (eg, areas of vehicle to check for weekly inspection).

You can also have it revert at certain times or at a certain frequency: http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html
Might be better to use the checklist as a template, and use a function to create a new file/subtree from it including the date. That way you can archive it and look up later what you did or forgot at a specific day.
This is actually pretty close to what I already do; I've found writing org capture templates cumbersome, so I just have templates in the org files and I cut and paste and then edit as needed.