OTOH, one of the few coping techniques I’ve found to be helpful is when I absolutely MUST not lose something, especially to take with me somewhere on the next day, to loudly proclaim “I’m going to lose this thing, so I’m putting it here so I know where the fuck I lost it” - and making a big deal about it usually helps solve that problem.
…if I do remember that I need it the next day, of course. But more often than not I wake up and remember “I need the thing”. :)
I tend to do similar, but by putting said thing clearly in my path of getting to the things that I can’t actually leave my home without. (eg. keys, shoes, etc.) Even if I don’t have to take the thing outside, all I have to do is (if I still somehow forget where it is) take a moment to regroup by going on a walk —which the pup is all too happy to lobby for any given moment. 🤘🏼
That’s when I put the thing with my keys, so I’m forced to see it when I go to leave. Doesn’t work when the thing I need to remember is refrigerated, though. (I forget to bring lunch so often, my work locker is full of back-up snacks.)
I’ll put my keys on top of my lunch in the fridge, because then I can’t leave without remembering my lunch.
The problem comes when I am going out of my mind looking for my keys, screaming that I’m going to be late, until I finally remember that I made lunch, and the keys are with it.
Your technique is my technique. For things that can’t wait by the door, I use whatever object will jog my memory. Fork for lunch, helmet for bike, charging cable for devices, etc.
OTOH, one of the few coping techniques I’ve found to be helpful is when I absolutely MUST not lose something, especially to take with me somewhere on the next day, to loudly proclaim “I’m going to lose this thing, so I’m putting it here so I know where the fuck I lost it” - and making a big deal about it usually helps solve that problem.
…if I do remember that I need it the next day, of course. But more often than not I wake up and remember “I need the thing”. :)
I tend to do similar, but by putting said thing clearly in my path of getting to the things that I can’t actually leave my home without. (eg. keys, shoes, etc.) Even if I don’t have to take the thing outside, all I have to do is (if I still somehow forget where it is) take a moment to regroup by going on a walk —which the pup is all too happy to lobby for any given moment. 🤘🏼
That’s when I put the thing with my keys, so I’m forced to see it when I go to leave. Doesn’t work when the thing I need to remember is refrigerated, though. (I forget to bring lunch so often, my work locker is full of back-up snacks.)
I’ll put my keys on top of my lunch in the fridge, because then I can’t leave without remembering my lunch.
The problem comes when I am going out of my mind looking for my keys, screaming that I’m going to be late, until I finally remember that I made lunch, and the keys are with it.
Late is momentary, whereas hangry can be all day. 😅
Your technique is my technique. For things that can’t wait by the door, I use whatever object will jog my memory. Fork for lunch, helmet for bike, charging cable for devices, etc.