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Blank Checklist Sheet

A free printable blank checklist — twenty-eight numbered lines with tick boxes in two columns, plus space for what the list is for and when it is used.

First page of the Blank Checklist Sheet — Write a routine down once so it can be photocopied and repeated, instead of being remembered slightly differently each time.
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What this sheet is for

Write a routine down once so it can be photocopied and repeated, instead of being remembered slightly differently each time.

Who it is for

Anyone with a recurring routine: opening up, closing down, loading a van, packing for a trip, handing over a shift, setting up a stall.

How to use it

  1. Write the list in the order the job is actually done.
  2. Keep it to what matters — a list of sixty items gets ticked without reading.
  3. Write it once in pen, then photocopy the master.
  4. Record anything not done and why, at the bottom.
  5. Revise the master when the job changes, and date the version.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Twenty-eight numbered lines with a box against each, in two columns, and space to say what the list is for.

Write it once, photocopy it forever. Write the list once, photocopy it, and it becomes a routine instead of a memory. That is the entire trick, and it works for pre-flight checks and packing for a holiday equally well.

Write-on lines: Checklist for · Version or date · By · When this list is used · Completed by

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Write-on lines: Anything not done, and why · Signed

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