The Checklist Book

We’ve got hundreds of digital tools that promise to help us get organized and have a successful day. But all the email reminders, text alerts, smartphone apps, and other pieces of digital noise leave many of us feeling even more disorganized and overwhelmed than ever before.

No more apps! It’s time to get back to basics! Learn how to plan your day using one of the oldest, simplest, and best productivity systems that’s ever been invented: the checklist.

Readers who love life-improvement books like The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Bullet Journal Method, The Miracle Morning, and Atomic Habits will love The Checklist Book.

The Checklist Book shows you how to plan your day in a realistic way—making time for important work tasks, mental and physical self-care, and beautiful experiences you want to have, like watching the sunset, snuggling with your kids, or listening to your favorite band’s latest album.

In this book, you’ll learn…

• The history of checklists, dating all the way back to the Roman Empire.
• The science of checklists—and why putting a check next to each completed item changes your brain chemistry and feels so incredibly satisfying.
• How to set tiny, sane goals that you can easily achieve—starting your day with a burst of momentum that carries you into the next task, and the next, and the next.
• How to be realistic about what’s doable within a twenty-four-hour period so that you can break the cycle of “never having enough time.”
• How to create a basic daily checklist—plus, checklists for specific situations, like moving to a new city, navigating a divorce, or completing a challenging project at work.