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Checklists
Checklists for everything
Printed and kept inside kitbagsI even have them for work, I keep one on the shelf by my gloves for cycling in and one with my helmet for motorcycling in. They include things like whether I need to shower before getting dressed.
The latter is a problem when I’m stood outside in jacket and gloves wondering what I’ve forgotten and why I feel a bit whiffy.
Ramsaye
Routine has always been a challenge for me insomuch as I would usually forget something mundane and commonplace each day - say, underarm deodorant, tooth clean, wallet - that would send me dashing back up the stairs, into the house or worse still; turning the bike round and pedalling unnecessary extra hundreds of metres.
Middle age, however, turns this safety match flicker of a habit into a Hindenburg blaze.
The worst example of this is packing the car with bikes and gear for an off-road day in the hills. I WILL forget and make individual return trips for at least four of the following:
Gloves
Helmet
Water bottle
Pump
Tool kit
Shoes
Jacket
Tubes (always have one on the bike but often it’s a dead one from a previous incident)
Shades
Grub
If this list wasn’t extensive enough I recently added a jet wash to the indispensable must-have toys.
If I wasn’t so absent minded I would have realised before I hit the ‘buy it now’ key the I would never remember to take the effing thing.