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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.

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

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.

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 use email Drafts sometimes for lists of things.

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

I have so many notepads

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

license number SG1371U

Sticky note on the door jamb

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.

Note taking app.

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

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

Easiest way for me is writing notes on 'saved messages' on telegram. Accessible from phone app, desktop app and web.