It's just kinda how my brain works. I keep a running list of reminders and I guess you'd call check points. Feels really good when I start marking things off and it keeps me on track, depending on where I wanna be.
When I'm in the shop, I write things on a plastic divider I have that splits off part of the shop.. Basically easier to heat. I have a pretty detailed running list in MS Word as well. My wife doesn't come into the shop often, but she came in a while back and looked at all my notes and laughed.. Said it reminded her of some movie.. Beautiful mind or something. I'm running out of room.. Unless I start using a ladder.