Decision log

Unlike a checklist of open tasks, this records choices already made and the reasoning behind them, dated. It stops the same question from being reopened and re-argued weeks later when nobody remembers what was settled or why.

Unlike a checklist of open tasks, this records choices already made and the reasoning behind them, dated. It stops the same question from being reopened and re-argued weeks later when nobody remembers what was settled or why.

Example

One line in a shared note: "Mar 4, told the school yes on the overnight trip, $85 due Apr 1, because both grandparents can cover Saturday." When your partner asks in April why you committed, the answer is already written down.