How do you stop forgetting things?

[Demoner]

mMMmm cheese burger made for a good lunch

[Xterminator]

mookie was right with the first post. Write it down. Though there are many skeptics out there that say by writing stuff down you're not using brainpower to remember so in the future it'll be harder for you to remember things because you always write them down. I put down all important things on my blackberry. Appointments, tasks, stuff like that. Works great for me!mookie was right with the first post. Write it down. Though there are many skeptics out there that say by writing stuff down you're not using brainpower to remember so in the future it'll be harder for you to remember things because you always write them down. I put down all important things on my blackberry. Appointments, tasks, stuff like that. Works great for me!

[dwEEziL]

Those skeptics are wrong. Writing it down uses multiple senses and thus helps you remember better. Just the act of writing it down itself even if you never look at it again. Writing it encompasses thinking about it, writing out the words, and reading the words. If you read it aloud afterward, it helps even more so.

[Kruten]

Sharpie and my wrist is the notepad. That's been my method for a while now. If I write things down on a piece of paper and put it in my pocket, I'll forget about it, either totally or until I'm about to go to bed and I'm emptying out my pockets.

[[DLM]->HighPlainsDrifter]

I use a planner with different colored highlighters that I carry with it.

 

Appointments I have to go to are Yellow

 

Meetings I may or may not go to are Blue

 

Family outings/ school appts for the kids are Orange

 

Social engagements are Pink

 

I have it set up so I can read a whole month at a time at a glance.

I also have pages after each month where I can write down specifics

for that day.

 

Much like Fatty said, I will put everything I am taking to work "in my way"

the night before, so that I wont forget it when Im all groggy

in the morning. Everything Im taking to work goes on the counter by my

shoes and coat. I lay out my clothes in the bathroom with my wallet, phone,

etc. so its ready for the morning.

Perhaps you could put the trash by the door so you'll remember

it in the morning?

 

Maybe if you had a marker board by the door, you could

see tasks for that day before and after work/school. It would also

be in plain sight and your GF could add things to it as necessary.

Everyday tasks could be at the top and never erased, like ,"Check Garbage."

 

 

NEVER go shopping without a list. And to be more efficient, just try to buy whats

on the list, nothing else. If it wasnt important when you were at home and writing

it, it probably isnt once youre at the store. Your trips will be quicker.

 

I shop like Im on a covert ops mission. I get dropped at the insertion point, enter the

combat zone, complete my objectives, (the list), and get to the extraction point

ASAP, (the checkout counter).

 

Hope this helps.

Edited February 9, 2009 by [DLM]->HighPlainsDrifter