Help a frazzled parent

Wildwood11
Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:20:54 +0000

Yes, thanks wnp. It is stressful and sometimes highly embarrassing. I certainly can relate to the leaving glasses behind. I always thought it had something to do with short-term versus long-term memory, as we are all pretty strong in the latter. Or else, we have minds that just set themselves to “automatic” too easily and do things like set down keys or jot down info somewhere??? without paying attention to what their doing, cuz of course, they’ve got more lofty things to think about, lol.

Believe me, I’ve tried making myself (and Ds) have systems…like always leaving things in a certain place when I get to the house or keeping the car keys in the same pocket when I’m out. Some things work, but I swear almost everytime I go toward the car I have to look in at least five places between pockets and purse (sometimes repeatedly) before I find the key (and that’s if I didn’t leave it on store counter). I know it is a question of being stricter with oneself, but what happens when you’re too distracted to remember to follow your own rules?