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Turn the job you always forget something on into a phone checklist
Every swimming lesson, camping trip or market day you forget one thing. Get a checklist in the order you do it, saved as tick-boxes on your phone.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me turn a job I repeat into a checklist so I stop forgetting things. The job: [e.g. packing for the kids' swimming, closing up the caravan for winter, setting up my market stall] How often: [e.g. every Saturday] What I do now, roughly in order: [list it] Things I've forgotten before: [e.g. goggles, turning the gas off, the card reader charger] Who else does it sometimes: [e.g. my partner] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A checklist in the order I'll actually do it, one short line per item, no more than 20 lines. 2. The things I've forgotten before, marked so they stand out. 3. A "do the night before" section if any steps can move earlier. 4. A one-line final check before I walk out of the door. 5. The checklist again as plain lines with no numbers or symbols, ready to paste into a notes app. Only use what I've typed, and don't add items I didn't mention unless you mark them as suggestions. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. every Saturday: a short note you already have. list it: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Help me turn a job I repeat into a checklist so I stop forgetting things. The job: [e.g. packing for the kids' swimming, closing up the caravan for winter, setting up my market stall] How often: [e.g. every Saturday] What I do now, roughly in order: [list it] Things I've forgotten before: [e.g. goggles, turning the gas off, the card reader charger] Who else does it sometimes: [e.g. my partner] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A checklist in the order I'll actually do it, one short line per item, no more than 20 lines. 2. The things I've forgotten before, marked so they stand out. 3. A "do the night before" section if any steps can move earlier. 4. A one-line final check before I walk out of the door. 5. The checklist again as plain lines with no numbers or symbols, ready to paste into a notes app. Only use what I've typed, and don't add items I didn't mention unless you mark them as suggestions. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. every Saturday: a short note you already have. list it: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You type the job, what you do now and what's gone wrong before.
The assistant asks about the steps you do without thinking and the ones that get skipped.
You get a checklist in doing order, a night-before section and a plain version ready for your phone.
What happens
Use Copilot to turn the job you always forget something on into a phone checklist
Every swimming lesson, camping trip or market day you forget one thing. Get a checklist in the order you do it, saved as tick-boxes on your phone.
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