The Beauty of a Good Checklist

Getting to Good Enough · Oct 1, 2026 · 23m

There’s something very satisfying about a good checklist—right up until you forget to use it and arrive on an overnight trip without your chargers.

Shannon is deep in pre-travel mode, which means checklists are everywhere, and Janine is an enthusiastic fellow traveler. Soon they’re remembering the podcast checklists they once relied on, comparing Apple Notes and Bullet Journals, talking about pilots who run through the same steps every single flight, and finding entirely new uses for plastic sleeves and dry-erase markers.

Of course, even a great checklist only works if you remember it exists…