For what it is worth, it is useful to come to the conclusion that the brain is an awful place to store something you want to remember. It may not be a list, but I certainly remember better outside my head than inside. Developing tooling that works for you is important to coming to grips with your brain.
Everyone is different and I’d go so far to say that there’s probably a HEFTY chunk of individuals that this wouldn’t work for, me included.
I don’t forget to do things. My brain just refuses to acknowledge that they’re urgent to do.🤷♂️
My favorite strategy is literally putting crap I need to remember in my way. Remember my daughter’s jacket for school? You belong in front of the door now. Need to remember making a meal? Gonna leave out a bunch of ingredients on the counter. Everybody is different, I just find that kind of stuff works for me too.
TO-DO list:
- Make TO-DO list
- Don’t do anything on the TO-DO list
- Realise step 2 is paradoxical because I’m already making the TO-DO list
- Read the entire Wikipedia page about paradoxes
Heh. Band class. Good times.
I find the act of making the list is helpful for prioritising tasks, but I wind up referring to it very little if at all.
Usually I make it while waiting for food or on public transport
