Get my home ready before I leave on a trip
A pre-departure checklist for your home, pets, plants, bills, and security, timed over the week before you leave.
The prompt
Help me get my home ready before I go away.
Trip length: [DAYS]
Home type: [apartment / house - and any yard or pool]
Pets and plants: [WHAT I HAVE and who will care for them - or "need options"]
Someone checking in: [neighbor / friend / house sitter / nobody]
Season and climate: [e.g. winter with freezing temperatures, hot summer]
Bills or deliveries due while I'm away: [LIST]
Give me a checklist organized by timing:
1. One week before: arrange pet and plant care, pause or redirect mail and deliveries, pay or schedule bills, refill prescriptions, share my itinerary with someone I trust.
2. Two days before: clear out perishable food, do laundry, charge devices, back up my phone.
3. Departure day: take out trash, unplug non-essential electronics, set thermostat appropriately for the season (protect pipes from freezing if relevant), check windows and doors, consider turning off the water main for a long trip, set timers on lights.
4. A one-page guide for my pet or house sitter: feeding, medications, vet contact, emergency contacts, Wi-Fi, where things are, and what to do if something breaks.
5. Security tips: don't post trip details publicly until I'm back.
Keep each item short and checkable.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- DAYS
- apartment / house - and any yard or pool
- WHAT I HAVE and who will care for them - or "need options"
- neighbor / friend / house sitter / nobody
- e.g. winter with freezing temperatures, hot summer
- LIST
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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