A 100 item checklist?
I just throw some stuff in a bag and worry less. Never fails. If I forget something it probably was not that important and I can just buy it at the airport / when I land.
I just throw some stuff in a bag and worry less. Never fails. If I forget something it probably was not that important and I can just buy it at the airport / when I land.
I just fundamentally don't understand the statement, "If I forget something it probably was not that important". How does one follow from the other?
I still don't use a checklist for traveling, but I do use a to-do list religiously for...actual things to do. After this thread, I may just add a few more lists.
More seriously, when studying organization and lists in particular, I remember reading:
There are two types of list-makers - those who make them and use them, and those that make them and lose them.
If you're perpetually group #2, you're more likely to try it a few times then ditch the whole process.
It's been many years since I stopped worrying about it, and I've yet to have even a single instance come up where I forgot something important enough to be a real hassle.
Checklists are great for surgeons and pilots. The cost of missing something in those professions can literally be life or death. If I forget to pack something when I go on vacation, the most it could possibly cost me is money.
I was in an airline check-in queue behind some people who discovered they had left their passports at home. Cue near-coronary and marital strife. A relative had to break into their house and make a mad dash to the airport.
(I'm also a checklist person)