I suffer from short term (some might argue selective) amnesia. I need reminding time and again. I use the feature on my phone extensively where it starts chiming loudly alerting me to some timely event that I need to pay attention to. Whilst the software maker calls it an ALARM it need not be alarming. Merely a subtle hint would do.
Most times it is an item on the grocery list. But a key one. Like salt. What would life be without it? I wonder. Same goes for sugar. And so on. But ensuring the procurement of said items is a task that needs to be done on time. Else everything else fails downstream.
There are also some other more personal reminders. Like picking up the child from somewhere to take some place. What with clubs and competitions and birthday parties and the maintenance of the social fabric? I also need constant reminding of where it is I am taking them. Otherwise we start driving and then realize that I need a destination. Cannot really zen out on a bunch of kids and say 'enjoy the journey', can I?
Printing, dropping mail (yes, sometimes that happens to be the case in the day of the electronic kind) because someone on the receiving end is incapable of processing digital information I suppose, returning the things that do not meet the original criteria, gas for automotive appliances (petrol for those not living in America, although I have heard from the grapevine that there are some people who actually fill hydrogen in their chariots) and a sundry list of To Dos. I cannot be expected to remember this all now can I?
I knew there is more but cannot quite put a finger on it just yet. Perhaps my alarm will ring soon.
Most times it is an item on the grocery list. But a key one. Like salt. What would life be without it? I wonder. Same goes for sugar. And so on. But ensuring the procurement of said items is a task that needs to be done on time. Else everything else fails downstream.
There are also some other more personal reminders. Like picking up the child from somewhere to take some place. What with clubs and competitions and birthday parties and the maintenance of the social fabric? I also need constant reminding of where it is I am taking them. Otherwise we start driving and then realize that I need a destination. Cannot really zen out on a bunch of kids and say 'enjoy the journey', can I?
Printing, dropping mail (yes, sometimes that happens to be the case in the day of the electronic kind) because someone on the receiving end is incapable of processing digital information I suppose, returning the things that do not meet the original criteria, gas for automotive appliances (petrol for those not living in America, although I have heard from the grapevine that there are some people who actually fill hydrogen in their chariots) and a sundry list of To Dos. I cannot be expected to remember this all now can I?
I knew there is more but cannot quite put a finger on it just yet. Perhaps my alarm will ring soon.
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