Make Lists
Make lists to remind you when you think of something. I keep notepads all over the house so thoughts can be written down before forgotten. For me, it takes too long to open the phone and load the calendar or notes app and then type it in, so I might forget some of the things I want to remember.
I make a list on my phone or my laptop (which will update the other) after I transfer from the handwritten notes. I put it on my calendar app to remind me at a time and/or a day.
I’ve tried to put an appointment in when at the dentist or at physical therapy, but the calendar app messes it up consistently. If I find the date on the calendar, then put the time in, it often puts the time as the date, so it shows up on the wrong day at the default of 9 am. It is too annoying to do the correction on the phone app, so I have them give me a card showing me the appointment or have them send me an email. Then I can input it later when I can make it behave and verify that it is correct.
Lists are the best way to keep track of things so you can remember to do or what to buy.
If I am in the kitchen and notice something running low or all gone, I put that on my list by writing it on the piece of paper I keep filled in the kitchen. Then I make a written shopping list (I do my shopping lists on a pad of paper so there are several pages to sort things out on, like a different store on a different page). Then I take a photo of it with my phone so I won’t panic if I lose the list (this has happened more than once – wind might have taken it or it dropped while I was walking in a store). I like using a pen to cross off the shopping items as I get them instead of crossing them off my phone list. There have been a couple times when I deleted something off my phone list, but it glitched and the list was gone in total. My eyes also don’t like looking at the phone all the time.
If you use Siri or other dictation app – you can tell your phone what to put on a list. I never liked Siri from my first smart phone, so I do not tell it what to do for me.
Make lists so you don’t forget your thoughts.
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