For a Checklist Some Other Day

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Good morning, The Wonder... fell Way.

Daylight expands as Spring draws near. The lights are on longer in our house called The Earth.

How's Life? How's your vibe?

Getting it done? Having some fun?

Both and at the same time is my hope for you.

Transition Day, change in the air.

Business practical thoughts best suited for a checklist rather than a journal want words this morning.

For years there was a clever quote:

"The only thing a checklist ever makes is another checklist."
- O/

But checklists are helpful.

It comes down to the power of writing.

When we write something we take it out of the realm of Imagining and make it real.

Writing something down is a great way to start or continue making a dream come true.

Even if that dream is Do the Laundry.

Really. In the realm of Checklists there's no difference between Go Grocery Shopping and Live My Best Life.

Checklists don't discriminate.

The modern day checklist is a poetic form.

If you ever wondered about what all the fuss was about with metric verse and the shape of poems, consider the form and power of the modern checklist.

People in casual pointed conversations back in Shakespeare's day used an iambic pentameter way of speech to express themselves.

Today we're more trochaic in our everyday speech. I blame coffee and Tyger, Tyger get it done interactions for the change.

The emphasis of each beat in every pop song, rap song, poem, and everyday conversation sets the mood of the presentation.

In language and life... lyricism matters.

The difference between a Writer and a Poet (O/) is a Poet considers the sound and shape of the syntax as a means of communication.

I wish more writers were of aware of it.

Musicians know when you want to express action you go staccato. You. Get. It. Done.

The best novelist's longest sentences are for a character's introspection. Their shortest conduct action, often in a trochaic fashion.

Perhaps I'll write a short guide on the use of metrics in modern day text.

Something for a Checklist some other day.

Take care and make a wonderful day.