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Ready-to-Leave Sheet

Making leaving the house a two-step routine instead of an expedition.

A keep-close version. Read it here, or screenshot this page to have it on your phone — print and PDF copies will appear once final files are attached.

Leaving the house is one pickup, not a house-wide search — if everything by the door, checked the night before. This builds the launch pad and the two-step routine that makes bad mornings survivable.

The launch pad

Everything that leaves with you, living by the door permanently.

  • Keys
  • Phone
  • Portable charger
  • Headphones or earplugs
  • Sunglasses
  • Water
  • Medication for the day
  • Bank card / travel card
  • The bag, packed to its standard

The night-before check

One minute, the night before

e.g. Bag, water, medication, charger — four things, checked before sleep

The two-step morning

How leaving goes now

e.g. Step 1: get ready sitting down. Step 2: pick up the launch pad on the way out.

The harder-leaving version, for the days above bad

If today is a bigger outing: what gets added, decided in advance.

The additions

e.g. Snack, the appointment card, the fold-up stool

The search on a bad morning costs more than the trip. The launch pad trades one quiet minute at night for the whole morning's margin.