My Notepad++ has 32 tabs open with notes, some I don’t even remember what they’re for.

One white legal pad next to my desk, one pocket notebook and travel pen in my pocket. Have a thought or idea, write it down. Every Saturday I type all those notes into a running Google doc for the year and then put a check mark next to it on the paper.

I have a doc for every year. I regularly go back and read though them starting with the most current year and working back. If something is completed or used in a project I use the mark through function on that entry so it can still be read in case it could be helpful again but to signify that I’ve used it.

It’s not a perfect system but it’s helped me a ton.

This is why I carry a pen and little pocket notebook. And I keep all my pocket stuff in the same place every night before bed. Can’t (usually) lose anything that way

Several times in my office notes i write something partially during a meeting, and end up blanking out later on what I meant to finish it with

Deal with it everyday. It’s funny and I hate it.

You’ll see it in a moment of clarity, 2 weeks later when you walk past the whiteboard you bought a few months ago to “finally get your shit together”

I also forget to remind myself to write down. Or say, I’ll write right up when I finish my task in hand.

Here is a good one for you:

I have an app that prompts me to do things every day, like take my meds.

I have to click Yes or No on the prompt to clear it.

Some days, ill take my meds but not clear the prompt.

Then ill see the prompt later that same morning and wonder “Shit… Did I take my meds, or did i forget to clear the prompt…”

I always err on the side of “I took my meds”.

This is where Bullet Journaling has had the most impact for me. I write it down and I never forget where because it is always in the same place.

Pen and paper notebook. One for Home and one for work. I use notes on my phone when I don’t have my notebook and copy them later on. Nobody at work knows that I have terrible short term memory because I “remember”, checks notes, everything.

I use my calendar for things that aren’t events. Easy way to habit stack writing things down without scheduling setting a reminder to remember it later. Scheduling remembering things is great.

I just picked a couple apps. Obsidian is a good one, but you have to want to open it because there’s no widgets. So my ideas go there. But I also have an open source app from F-Droid simply called Tasks that has a really sleek homescreen widget.

Now every time I open my phone those unchecked tasks taunt me and I MUST check them off. If I don’t because I’m being lazy it starts to eat at me that there’s an unchecked overdue task. Must. Do. Dishes.