Living a life on a checklist gives a robotic living vibe. Seeing deep down, we realize it has a positive. You can offload repeat activities to it and save the brain from triggering it.
Benjamin Franklin was a master at it. He had a checklist with vice and virtues. He would follow it religiously and measure it regularly. It was his report card.
In the past few years, I had a checklist for myself. I had my various health-related activities tracked. It was a good indicator of my eating, reading and exercising.
This CNN article talks about the same.https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/01/health/13-virtues-wisdom-project/index.html