How to remember to bring something with you
How to remember to bring something with you
If you have to go somewhere, and need to have something with you,
don't put it by the door.
put it in the car instead.
I have walked past my take-with-you pile so many times. I've even stepped over it. Obviously this is if you are driving to your destination and the item isn't perishable.
When you arrive at your destination, it is so much better to say, "Be right back, I left it in the car." vs. "Ugh, I forgot it at home."
*Grammar edit: This tip would work well for a book, not "...isn't perishable, like a book".
Can't be arsed to walk to the car or don't have one?
Lock your door. Put everything you need to take with you with your keys. Unless you climb out the windows it should be very hard to forget the pile.
Can confirm, bike keys on a "should not forget" box in the fridge actually work
But then I forget my Keys, and you really shouldn't lock yourself in your own home, because in case of a fire or other emergency, you have to remember your keys and it takes longer to leave.
That's a good point but I'm taking the gamble. Fire is super rare while locking myself out is super common. Also I'm living in windows jumpable height.
Sorry, saw that image and my brain can only go
Baaa de yaaa
Say do you rember
Baaa de yaaa
Dancin in semper
Baaa de yaaa
Neva wasa claudideeeehhh...and that'll be in my head for the next several hours. Perfection.
Neat! Now I just need to remember I even wanted to bring it!
My "bring with me" pile is under my car keys and my wallet. Always on the same corner of my countertop. Anything that works for you, honestly! I've found those tips are really person dependent. Some things I've read online and in books on the subject, I tried to apply myself, and many never worked. Some are just coping mechanisms or tricks I developed for myself as years went by.
- I do alarms/reminders for every little thing. As long as I remember to create the alarm in the first place.
- I like keeping some things in very specific places and never moving them. It works well for my meds to just keep it under my computer screen, right beside my keyboard. That is, until I have to fill my pill box again and forget to bring it back, then I'll forget them for a couple days...
- My work schedule is relatively flexible, so all in all, I at least can fall back on working to catch up at night if my day was spent doom scrolling or just incapable of doing anything. I'm admittedly lucky on this side.
- Having a non-ADHD wife that's extremely patient about it also helps tons lol. Thanks for that, love 😬
This tip only works of you don't live in a city
Wait, books are perishable?
Fuck.
Ha. Grammar got me.
I put a bag with all my stuff around the door handle so I can't leave without it.
Put the rings you can’t remember on top of the things you’re used to grab. For instance. If you remember to take your headphones or car keys, put that letter you have to mail next to it. If it’s too big, put a note attached to it. I have a post it that says lunch that I put on top of my back pack before I leave for work.