There's the problem! We have pilots who are flying this then that then.... The aircraft is best flown in a fluid motion, with smooth transitions from one phase of flight to the next. The less the passenger or observer can detect a change from one phase of flight to the next, the better it was accomplished.
What would we think as the passenger of an experienced driver, who, while approaching a stop in a turning lane, braked a bit while driving straight, then turned a bit with no braking, then signalled, then turned a bit more, then drove straight and braked more and so forth? No, we expect a fluid motion of the aircraft, resulting from appropriate and combined use of the controls.
Sure, when you're getting used to used to a new machine, you may take a few tries at it to demonstrate that fluid motion, but it's what you aspire to.
So it's not "do this, then that.... and so forth". It's transition from this phase of flight to that, while maintaining or changing speed, altitude, configuration as needed, and not exceeding any operating guidelines, or limitations. Other than that, making a recipe out of it is just compicating something which should be very simple and natural.
For all you normally aspirated piston pilots who doubt me, take sticky notes, obscure airspeed indicator, and tachometer, and go flying. You'll find you're more smooth, without the distraction of chasing numbers on instruments!