Reflections after reading other people’s comments:
There seems to be a good general level of agreement, which is either reassuring or disappointing.
MrMind has a similar proposal using your phone rather than paper. May be more or less effort. Has the advantage that it’s maybe harder to lose. I like his idea. (I don’t actually have a smartphone, which may be one reason why I didn’t think of his approach.) Emile’s deliberately-silly proposal is nice but seems less reliable. Likewise for somertva’s idea of associating the memory of locking the door with whatever worries you about not having locked it. (I don’t see how it would work if it’s just the idea of not having locked it that worries you.)
hyporational goes further and suggests a noise-making device on the handle. I like this.
MrMind and hyporational both suggest more forcefully than me that you should just accept that you will forget some work things by maintaining that boundary. They may be right, but I still suspect that by compromising a little you may actually reduce the amount of stress.
Reflections after reading other people’s comments:
There seems to be a good general level of agreement, which is either reassuring or disappointing.
MrMind has a similar proposal using your phone rather than paper. May be more or less effort. Has the advantage that it’s maybe harder to lose. I like his idea. (I don’t actually have a smartphone, which may be one reason why I didn’t think of his approach.) Emile’s deliberately-silly proposal is nice but seems less reliable. Likewise for somertva’s idea of associating the memory of locking the door with whatever worries you about not having locked it. (I don’t see how it would work if it’s just the idea of not having locked it that worries you.)
hyporational goes further and suggests a noise-making device on the handle. I like this.
MrMind and hyporational both suggest more forcefully than me that you should just accept that you will forget some work things by maintaining that boundary. They may be right, but I still suspect that by compromising a little you may actually reduce the amount of stress.