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[–] alquicksilver 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bold of any of them to assume I'll remember there was an "it" to remember in the first place. My best offer is a vague sense that I've forgotten something.

[–] SLVRDRGN 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A vague sense of having forgotten something .. that's got to be true for ADHD and non-ADHD alike!

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[–] recklessengagement 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My memory sort of acts like a carousel/merry-go-round, in that I'll store a memory, I know it is there, but I cannot access it at will, and it will re-appear at a random time at some point in the future when doing something completely unrelated.

A "memory-go-round", if you will.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

A "memory-go-round", if you will.

Eyyyyyyyy

[–] kamenlady 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I keep finding old notebooks, where i started writing stuff on the first page.

Just to never ever touch it again, but find it again years later and go "ooooh, i wrote this?"

[–] TheRealKuni 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Google Assistant or Siri are awesome for this. I just hold down a button on my phone or watch and then say, “Remind me about .”

My wife who is a saint and very patient encouraged me to do this enough times that it’s becoming a habit.

[–] Brickhead92 29 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I’m so sick of my wife forgetting to do things (like take the medication that if she misses a dose it ruins her entire next day and sets off a ripple of migraines that can last a week) that I’ve just started stealing her phone to put in reminders.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

Bold of you to assume I can read my own handwriting.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is why I write important things on my hands directly.

Currently my list is:

Call the Doolor

I'm sure I'll figure out what the smudges are eventually

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I text myself, because I (almost) always know where my phone is

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use discord, its free. Made a server with only myself. I have so many channels that are all lists of things, a foods-I-like channel is helpful for when I am hungry but don't remember what I like at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I have my own personal server as well. I send myself links all the time and it means I can upload 1 image and then just send the link around which is great for bad internet

[–] PugJesus 13 points 2 months ago

"I'll remember", I say, not because I'll remember, but because any form of writing it down I will inevitably forget as well. I'm just trying to save myself pointless work, here.

[–] cmrn 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nothing is more frustrating than knowing you wrote something down, but not knowing where.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nothing is more frustrating than knowing you were supposed to write something down, then not remembering what that something was. Yet for some stupid reason you can remember you were going to write whatever it was down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and you remember it while in the bus or the pool, where you can't write it down anymore.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, then you forget again before you can write it down.

Like a memory whack-a-mole.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Nothing is more frustrating than finding a note and wondering what it means or if you did it.

  • Unroll the car
  • Table Tablet - DO ASAP
  • Spaghetti bowl
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

For me, a proper reminder needs to have a property like physically preventing progress until I take care of the thing, or jumping up and demanding my attention until I take care of the thing.

The most basic form is that if I need to do something tomorrow at noon, I don’t create a reminder. I create an alarm! And if the alarm goes off and the thing is not done, I snooze it instead of stop it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I tie this to my keys so it forces me to remember that there is something I needed to remember... Now if I could only remember what that thing was...

(No that is not my carpet lol it's shitty foam to protect parts put on it at my job)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I clip my keys themselves to whichever thing I have to bring with me or remember.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Now to attach this to the lapel of my shirt where it belongs

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have a whiteboard on my desk. It's the only effective "to do" list I've found, for me. It's covered in chicken scratching. I erase stuff as I do them.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 6 points 2 months ago

Whiteboards are great for this.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Woah. How large is that whiteboard?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Where ADHD and SelfHosted combine: I self host Trilium Notes to attempt to solve this problem. Most of the time it works.

[–] TR3_backup 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I put a small calendar whiteboard on my wall, and any important things go on that in big letters.

Can't not see it if it's the first thing you look at upon waking up!

I say, having walked past myself in the mirror without looking literally thousands of times....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I have so many notepads

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I use email Drafts sometimes for lists of things.

I will find lists from last year sometimes. No idea if I did it or not!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Me leaving note for myself: I'll get to this later.

also me: What the fuck do these words mean?

[–] troglodytis 7 points 2 months ago

license number SG1371U

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How about saying you'll write it down -hey look, a distraction!- then forgetting what it was that you wanted to write down?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Sticky note on the door jamb

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

That goes into cyber space where I never see or remember it again.

Note: Pack X and Y for weekend.

Weekend comes. Fuuuuug forgot X and Y.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have them... Gets used every few months for a few days.

The trick is to reduce that gap until it becomes a habit. Not going back after a gap is the problem

[–] linearchaos 3 points 2 months ago

Hey Google, remember the window is 23 inches wide

Hey Google what did I ask you to remember?

[–] buddascrayon 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I literally have thousands of notes on Keep that I have never looked at a second time.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've found that using a calendar app with reminders can be a great help for me. Personally I use Fossify Calendar (formerly Simple Calendar) to create reminders for myself for hours/days/months in advance. I'll never forget to do the laundry again....at least until I somehow lose access to my phone.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

At this point I just admit I won't remember it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

This is my partner and I constantly

[–] VelvetStorm 3 points 2 months ago

If you write it several times in a row you are more likely to remember it.

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