Regardless of whether you’re medicated/unmedicated, or altered/not altered or any combination of those?
For me, its my hat I like to wear to keep my hair out of my way and contained somewhat lol
Also my pajama shirt(s), no idea why but its been better recently since I moved the “clothes chair” from being the laundry basket in the bathroom (just hanging there) to a dedicated shelf in the closet 😅
Motivation.
Any actual tangible items lol? Trying to keep it more concrete here
Tools. Usually on top of a step ladder. It happens when I’m working on a project and I have to get down for some reason. I think, “I’ll just leave this [hammer, screwdriver, drill, etc.] up here for a second. I’ll totally remember it’s there.”
To the surprise of no one here, I do not remember. Until I go to move the ladder and get clobbered with said tool. I’ve gotten a lot better at just taking everything down with me. 🤷♂️
Whatever it was that I had in my hand 5 minutes ago. It’s just gone!
Check your pocket for the fourth time. Might actually be there this time.
Thats my third “item” lmao, my short term object permanence is seriously compromised
My earbuds. Or some smaller tools. If I set either of them down I will absolutely lose them somehow. In my toolbox everything has a place dedicated to it and I put things away as soon as I’m done because when I don’t and misplace something everything grinds to a halt for me. I cannot concentrate without knowing where that tool is. Because my earbuds are so portable it’s hard when I put them down or in the wrong pocket even, I will be tearing things apart looking. I have a hook for them by my keys and wallet and watch but I sometimes will just put them down anywhere and they get lost pretty easily.
I’m a medical marijuana patient and I enjoy the finer things in life, so I got the '22 edition copper Zippo. I love it, and it’s my lighter that I always have with me, but it was like $80 and I’ve lost it a couple times 😅
Keys and matching socks.
My memory!
My meds
Pill organizers are ur friend
Worked great for a week, then the following week I had nothing organized and couldn’t remember where the bottle was left.
That kinda thing sounds like it could be solved by having two strict places
- The instant supply you have in a pill organizer that stays on the same surface or place/its “home” where you only ever pick it up and immediately put back down like without walking from that spot
- The month’s or longer term supply you keep stored to replenish #1 each week—again, in a storage space where it stays and you stay planted at while interacting with it.
If the dosage is variable you just dip into #2 but you touchie-no movee
If I don’t prepare my meds for the day I’m often not sure if I took them already or not.
Everything? This morning it was medication. I’m sure, I should have another pack of my antidepressants because I was at the doctors on the 5th.
I still haven’t found them.
