Memory problems are problems of coordination between present- and future- selves. I find that in the majority of the situation, a simple stigmergic strategy will go a long way: just unload information on your surroounding where it’s probable that you will need them. For example, Getting Things Done can be described as a very complete system for human self-coordination. Anyway, a smartphone will help you fix a lot of these. That is:
Take a picture of the closed door and name it LOCKED.
This is not a memory problem but a problem of social lubrication: “Antifragile, you said? That seems very interesting, let me write that down.”
Attach a small note on the fridge that says “Close properly”. Change position to the note every time you do it to prevent desensibilization.
Unload information on your location: just remember the first few directions, then go there and ask again. When arrive, set the correct location on GPS.
I use a ‘mind-map watch’: write your key point in a mind-map style, then arrange every branch clockwise in the sequence you want to tell it. This way you just need a token and one note to track where you are at and where you want to go.
Put it in your phone in an immediately accessible location, for example as the name of an icon or the title of a note.
I don’t understand: is this a problem of memory or a problem of anxiety/being unable to relax? If you decide to separate work from home, this policy is against remembering things of work at home.
Write the things down in your phone. Study it 10 minutes before going at the party. If you panick, you can always send yourself the text every so often and pretend to answer a message while you are just reviewing ;)
It can obviously be done, by dividing, systematizing, repeating. The process just cannot be conveyed through a comment this small...
Memory problems are problems of coordination between present- and future- selves.
I find that in the majority of the situation, a simple stigmergic strategy will go a long way: just unload information on your surroounding where it’s probable that you will need them.
For example, Getting Things Done can be described as a very complete system for human self-coordination. Anyway, a smartphone will help you fix a lot of these.
That is:
Take a picture of the closed door and name it LOCKED.
This is not a memory problem but a problem of social lubrication: “Antifragile, you said? That seems very interesting, let me write that down.”
Attach a small note on the fridge that says “Close properly”. Change position to the note every time you do it to prevent desensibilization.
Unload information on your location: just remember the first few directions, then go there and ask again. When arrive, set the correct location on GPS.
I use a ‘mind-map watch’: write your key point in a mind-map style, then arrange every branch clockwise in the sequence you want to tell it. This way you just need a token and one note to track where you are at and where you want to go.
Put it in your phone in an immediately accessible location, for example as the name of an icon or the title of a note.
I don’t understand: is this a problem of memory or a problem of anxiety/being unable to relax? If you decide to separate work from home, this policy is against remembering things of work at home.
Write the things down in your phone. Study it 10 minutes before going at the party. If you panick, you can always send yourself the text every so often and pretend to answer a message while you are just reviewing ;)
It can obviously be done, by dividing, systematizing, repeating. The process just cannot be conveyed through a comment this small...