Do something weird and memorable after locking the door, like a little dance step in celebration of the locked door.
It should not be rude to express interest in a topic that your friend mentions. “One sec, let me take a quick note to remind myself that that sounds awesome” ought to (if you have the right friends) signal engagement and nonflakiness.
You got the wrong fridge. Assuming it’s too late to return it and get the right fridge, try putting heavy things on the door. If that doesn’t work, put one of those annoying greeting cards that sing in the hinge so it makes noise when it’s open.
Write down the directions. Or stop on the way and ask another local for the second half of the directions once you have run out of confident progress to make.
Write an outline on a sheet of paper and have that available.
Write your ID number on your hand. If this would be tacky in this environment, write it further up your arm and wear sleeves.
(This one might be idiosyncratic to me) State the idea or sufficient keywords to reconstruct it out loud, even at a whisper. I find it easier to recover audio memories than thought-memories.
Ask the host of the party to distribute nametags. If you need more information than that, write it down and consult it discreetly between drifts from conversation to conversation.
I don’t have personal experience with anything comparable, but I think the approved solution involves spaced repetition, and maybe finding someone else to tutor about things as you get a grip on them.
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Do something weird and memorable after locking the door, like a little dance step in celebration of the locked door.
It should not be rude to express interest in a topic that your friend mentions. “One sec, let me take a quick note to remind myself that that sounds awesome” ought to (if you have the right friends) signal engagement and nonflakiness.
You got the wrong fridge. Assuming it’s too late to return it and get the right fridge, try putting heavy things on the door. If that doesn’t work, put one of those annoying greeting cards that sing in the hinge so it makes noise when it’s open.
Write down the directions. Or stop on the way and ask another local for the second half of the directions once you have run out of confident progress to make.
Write an outline on a sheet of paper and have that available.
Write your ID number on your hand. If this would be tacky in this environment, write it further up your arm and wear sleeves.
(This one might be idiosyncratic to me) State the idea or sufficient keywords to reconstruct it out loud, even at a whisper. I find it easier to recover audio memories than thought-memories.
Ask the host of the party to distribute nametags. If you need more information than that, write it down and consult it discreetly between drifts from conversation to conversation.
I don’t have personal experience with anything comparable, but I think the approved solution involves spaced repetition, and maybe finding someone else to tutor about things as you get a grip on them.