I never knew something so simple, a routine checklist, could have profound results. The check lists I use have effected my habits. What was a random morning has now turned into a real routine. That routine has become positive. I can now start to time my mornings, something that had eluded me in the past. I enjoy the effect it has had on my life, and being consistent with some of the things on those checklists allow me to feel and be better.
As much as I love checklists, the idea of that consistency taught me something else. I have learned that your understanding will grow with anything if you use it consistently. I have noticed with each week I use my checklists, small improvements appear. Nothing huge, but simple things like batching certain tasks, using time, what theme that they belong in, and using different colors all change my mood hand help me get things done. It feels mundane, but the checklists I started with look vastly different from the ones I use now. The ones I use in the future will look more different still.
When I looked at them from afar, check lists were static tools. They were the same thing, day after day, boring anyone who dare viewed them. Now I see the idea itself is a skill, to learn how to show the things that are happening in life, codify them, and distill them into a list of things that matter. If you keep working at it, this skill will improve. Like many things in life, the idea of the checklist is simple, but the concept itself can bear many gifts if you are open to receiving them.
From the desk of Adam Thomas 