Coach Linda Walker’s Master Travel Checklist

Earlier this month, I was coaching a client who was getting ready to travel for her vacation and she related the stress that travel tends to generate in her. Her biggest issue was that she feared forgetting something important. She didn’t want to have the added expense of replacing some item she forgot.

I mentioned how one ADHDer had a great idea for avoiding forgetting things by creating a travel checklist. He would print his Travel Checklist, plasticized and kept it in his suitcase. Then every time he realized he’d forgotten something, he’d add it to the list for the next time. Of course, he had to reprint and re-plasticize his list. When I began to travel extensively for work and pleasure I adopted his strategy only I used Evernote and created a Master Checklist, which I copy into a new note so that I can use the Checklist feature. Like him, every time I’d forget an item, I’d add it to my Master Travel Checklist – no reprinting or plastifying involved. Evernote synchronizes in all my devices so I can check the same list off my tablet pc, my mobile phone and laptop. It is almost perfect now. However, if you notice anything missing, please add it in the comments box below.

When my client and I ended our conversation, I had made a mental note (Note to self: mental notes are as good as the paper they’re written on) to post my CoachLindaWalker-Master Travel Checklist. You are welcomed to use it.

As you travel this summer, please take the time to enjoy your well-deserved time off and be safe.