[serf]

i'm meticulous about checklists, mostly due to programming.

I have extensive records, self-kept for a few hours a week, regarding any and all finances, home maintenance, car maintenance, etc.

It mostly serves as a form of self-flagellation in the form of financial guilt associated with over-spending, but it's a useful trait to have once-in-a-while.

I was a prodigious note-taker in school, too. I think that may be related.

[tonyarkles]

I was hoping someone else would mention checklists. It’s the closest I’ve come to “automating” a lot of chores. These are kept in org-mode with habits associated with them, so they’re both reoccurring and have a nice chart to show how frequently they’re being done.

As an example, “kitchen - daily”. My partner and I have determined that I’m totally blind to things, so I have a checklist that looks like:

- clean dishes from dishwasher to cupboard

- inspect counters, clockwise starting at dishwasher

- dirty dishes from sink to dishwasher

- if dirty, wash and oil cast iron pans

There’s a bunch of these, one for each living area, and a daily/weekly one for each. They pop up in my schedule with the rest of my consulting tasks, and since I work from home I can just grab one from the day’s master todo list when I need a break.