When you link an outlet to a breaker, mark it on both the label that you’ll paste next to the breaker and on your floor plan. This will make it easy to reset or turn off breakers when you need to.

Next to each circuit breaker, there should be writing that describes what area of the house that specific breaker controls. Labels could say kitchen, AC unit, bedroom-guest, bedroom-master, etc.

But you can do this—you can label your breaker now to help your future self many times over. (And one Redditor has a bonus labeling trick you probably haven’t thought of that can help.) ...