On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 18:46:14 -0500, Terry Coombs >
wrote:

>On 10/9/2018 5:57 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 17:06:18 -0500, Terry Coombs >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/9/2018 4:19 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>> I started working on a list, and got distracted before writing something
>>>> down, and now I can't remember what that something is. I need to go to the
>>>> store because I'm out of coffee and a few other things.
>>>>
>>>> The more I try to remember, the further away it slips. Until I am home
>>>> from the store, then it's front and center.
>>>>
>>> * My wife's solution for that is to have a piece of paper stuck to the
>>> side of the fridge with a magnet . I write things down on it as I pull
>>> the last one from "storage" to "now using" and they magically appear
>>> back on "storage" next time she does grocery shopping . Downside is if I
>>> don't write it down it don't get bought ... though there is an unwritten
>>> "list" of staples that she tracks and buys as needed .
>> that's why I have the computer in the kitchen, so that I can keep a
>> list. However, if I am at the other end of the house I am liable to
>> forget the item, just remember that I am supposed to put it on the
>> list :-((
>
> * That list is within reach of the sink and prep area , and there's a
>reason for that . I can forget why I went to the kitchen before I get
>there ...

I had a victory today - I forgot the carefully made list but when I
checked it after I was home, I had remembered every item on it