https://files.catbox.moe/o260ao.mp3 RD: That spaghetti was great! I'd definitely crash that buffet one more time. TS: It sure was! Although with the way you were eating, I'm not sure they'd let you back in. RD: I was hungry! Gotta get those carbs to recover, you know what I'm saying? TS: Ah, excuse me. (teleports checklist in) Lunch with Rainbow Dash, check! (pause) TS: What? Spike's out helping Rarity find gems. Stop looking at me like that. RD: So you're just gonna teleport that thing everywhere you go? TS: That thing is a checklist! It's very important to me! RD: Heh, at least I know you're always gonna be more of an egghead than me. I can't imagine checking off every little thing I do throughout the entire day. Bust some clouds, check. Flight practice, check. Lunch, check. Take my afternoon nap, check. Re-read Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone for the seventieth time, check. I don't need a list to tell me what to do. TS: Oh, shows how much you know. The merits of checklists are endless! Reliability, motivation, self-accountability, defining the scope of work, documentation… Wait! (RD: You've got to be kidding me…) TS: I feel a song coming on. Sun shines in, cast the blanket off, much to do I've gotta get my hooves to ground Gonna make the best of sixteen hours now Sorting the books out, Make time for lunch with Dash and study too Practice my spells, teleportin' with the groceries Maybe I can keep it all In my little unicorn head Clever pony's what some said But I know There's always some times that we forget Then I'll wish I'd had a Checklist All the tasks that Twilight's plannin' to get done I'm talkin' 'bout my checklist Itemized discretely, step through one by one (OK, this is a whole new level of eggheadedness.) Books profuse, Haycartes, Neightzsche, which is next to peruse? Buffet line prioritizing Thinking on my pasta ambiguously Attention is a scarce resource You've got to prep, commit to ink There's no time for makeshift plans You'll be sure When it's listed out in rows to read, Then you'll understand my Checklist Nothing holds direction like the written word I'm talkin' 'bout my checklist Even if somepony's calling you a nerd Checklist All the tasks that Twilight's plannin' to get done I'm talkin' 'bout my checklist Itemized discretely, step through one by one A friend to any mare so she won't forget Among the many merits not listed yet, the ability to document takes spot to be the topper if your process has a lot to it and smooth it's how it's gotta run To refer, What's to do, what's been done, and what's deferred, ha! if you ever wondered what you did the day before, The prior written checklist, babe you can't ignore Twilight stands to utilize the written word, A hand above the inveterate herd It doubles as a cylinder, when trouble comes up looking for, just roll it up and smack 'em with the list I tell 'em this, explicitly, the checklist gives to me, close capability and still make time for tea, the list is all I need, the list is all you see A wise book I came across once read The future is writ within boxes and checks And frankly boss, your hesitancy to adopt has got me at a loss 'cause with a checklist even you would remember to floss. Checklist Nothing gives me quality of sleep Checklist Walking down that line of checks so neat Checklist All the tasks that Twilight's plannin' to get done I'm talkin' 'bout my checklist Itemized discretely, step through one by one RD: Well, that's nice and all, but I can feel my nap coming on. Gotta go…