Use a password manager yoooo. I spent half a decade avoiding it and said fk it one weekend and set it up. It takes some time to set it up the first time but it's the way to go.
I do. The damn bank website gave me "you can't reuse passwords try again" on something the password manager generated for me on the first attempt at entering a password, and then the account froze and the bank manager had to unfreeze the account (the teller helping me couldn't manage to unfreeze it for reasons neither of us understood). I think i have a hell of a knack for breaking computers if that's a job.
Install the password manager on your phone and view it on your phone. Then copy your randomly generated gibberish password with 700 characters by hand :^)
I used a randomly generated password as a child. I copied it by hand so many times I memorized it. I still use that password today for something. So technically even if you did use a randomly generated password for your PC you will probably memorize it if you type it enough.
The serious answer tho is I just use a password I remember for my computer. I use a phrase so it's easier to remember. It's still way easier to remember 2 passwords vs like 20. Password managers also just make it more secure because it makes it super easy to use super strong unique passwords for each service.
I use a password manager and have still had that happen.
Pasted from manager, incorrect. Ok, maybe I saved the wrong one… change password, use one saved because I’m too lazy to generate a new one - can’t be same as current. 😑 Fuck you, shit-ass Best Buy website.
It's the single biggest quality of life improvement I've made in the last 3 years. I wish I had done it sooner (and if anyone reading hasn't got one yet, Bitwarden is FOSS and can be selfhosted.)
I actually found it quite fun to go through all my logins and change any shitty passwords, adding them to the password manager as I went. It's a great quest for when you want to procrastinate from doing something important by doing something that feels productive.