The Checklist Book: Set Realistic Goals, Celebrate Tiny Wins, Reduce Stress and Overwhelm, and Feel Calmer Every Day

Find your top values and then plan your day based on these values. •Decide how you want to feel, your desires, and then plan your day to generate these feelings.

This allows for a great deal of flexibility, because there are infinite things you can do to generate the feelings you want. For instance, if you want to feel generous, you could donate $15 dollars to a charity, pay your niece’s cellphone bill, give a $5 tip to your barista, or help out a friend with his job application. Any of those things (and co

I will celebrate all of my victories rather than feeling bad about the boxes I haven’t checked yet.

Sohwakhaeng is a Korean term that means “small but certain happiness.”

When I look at my Daily Checklist, I say to myself, “This is my overall plan for the day. This is what I intend to do and experience tomorrow. But not necessarily in this exact order. Nothing is rigid.”

“most people can only hold about four things in their mind at a time.” Not 6,344 things. Just four.

For me, checklists are about living more—making room in your life for the moments that matter, for the beautiful memories that you’ll carry to your deathbed.

Your Daily Checklist includes tasks you need to complete and moments you want to experience. Things you need to do and things you want to do. Both.

Exercise is a privilege. To have a human body. To have the ability to breathe, sweat, and move. To be alive. All of this is a privilege. Many people view exercise as a tedious chore—something to grimly suffer through. But it’s not a chore. It’s a privilege and a celebration of what your amazing body can