ADHD memes

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.

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.

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?"

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.

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

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

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

"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.

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

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.

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

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.

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)

I have so many notepads

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!

license number SG1371U

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

Sticky note on the door jamb

Note taking app.

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

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.

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