Senior Moment

[hawkeye08]

We use the write it down on a list method, sometimes paper, sometimes in memo on smartphone. You have to remember to check list though. I was telling my wife about someone on the forum that had a "view tax" on their tax bill... which caused us to remember we have to pay our taxes this week or suffer penalties... I am starting to use phone more and more, put a reminder in last night for April and October to pay taxes.

 

[Bird]

I keep one of the desk pad calendars on my desk and write all kinds of reminds on it; birthdays, doctor appointments, etc. And we keep one of the little 3 x 5 memo pad booklets on an end table in the living room to write down shopping lists; primarily grocery. And if we forget to take the list, there's no way we'll remember what to get at the grocery store, even if the list only has 2 or 3 items on it.

We have a next door neighbor who is 86, lives alone, and in poor health. He quit driving and sold his pickup a year or so ago. I take him grocery shopping once or twice a month. Each time he buys well over a hundred dollars worth, fills more than one cart, and he NEVER has any kind of written list!:shocked: I could no more do that than I can fly to the moon.

 

[bcp]

And how do you "delete stuff"?

I don't know. My subconscious does it.

Bruce

 

[newbury]

Well it happened to me today.
Went to use the bullet food grinder. It consists of a base unit, a chopper head, and a plastic container.

Moved the base, grabbed one of the plastic containers, started looking for the chopper head for the container. All the tops for the containers were in 1 big plastic cup but not the chopper head. Looked ALL over the kitchen. Gave up, got a cup of tea. Sat down, went back to start the search anew, grabbed the base and the chopper head had climbed out of it's hiding place and nested itself in the base.
DOH!! Definitely a Homer moment.

 

[robertm]

I'm 48. I'm on board with the "overstuffed file cabinet' theory. My problems are with teen aged kids having us run 5 nights a week plus working 50-60 hours a week, I can't get organized, let alone things done. I always try to get organized. I've built shelves, storage doors, vertical drawers, all to organize my things to find them when I need them. The very few things I get put in their place, I look for over hours because my norm is "disorganized". Then, after wasting hours looking, I think "I'd never have put that thing where it belongs", and there it sits waiting.
Last month, I decided to line my tool box drawers. I swore up and down I had a roll of liner. Looked for an hour. Didn't find it. So, on my next trip, the spiral notebook said "DRAWER LINER". I grabbed a roll. Promptly upon my return, I took it to my workshop, set it down by a roll already there. I thought "wow... I knew I had a roll. So I moved them to another location, where TWO additional rolls were waiting to keep them company. Now I have enough to line my own underwear as I forget to go inside to use the bathroom.

 

[MossRoad]

I keep one of the desk pad calendars on my desk and write all kinds of reminds on it; birthdays, doctor appointments, etc. And we keep one of the little 3 x 5 memo pad booklets on an end table in the living room to write down shopping lists; primarily grocery. And if we forget to take the list, there's no way we'll remember what to get at the grocery store, even if the list only has 2 or 3 items on it.

We have a next door neighbor who is 86, lives alone, and in poor health. He quit driving and sold his pickup a year or so ago. I take him grocery shopping once or twice a month. Each time he buys well over a hundred dollars worth, fills more than one cart, and he NEVER has any kind of written list!:shocked: I could no more do that than I can fly to the moon.

About 2.5 years ago I started doing all the weekday cooking and most of the grocery shopping.... I don't need a grocery list very often anymore! :laughing:

About the only time I write something down is if I'm trying a new recipe.

 

[noller9]

I'm 48. I'm on board with the "overstuffed file cabinet' theory. My problems are with teen aged kids having us run 5 nights a week plus working 50-60 hours a week, I can't get organized, let alone things done. I always try to get organized. I've built shelves, storage doors, vertical drawers, all to organize my things to find them when I need them. The very few things I get put in their place, I look for over hours because my norm is "disorganized". Then, after wasting hours looking, I think "I'd never have put that thing where it belongs", and there it sits waiting.
Last month, I decided to line my tool box drawers. I swore up and down I had a roll of liner. Looked for an hour. Didn't find it. So, on my next trip, the spiral notebook said "DRAWER LINER". I grabbed a roll. Promptly upon my return, I took it to my workshop, set it down by a roll already there. I thought "wow... I knew I had a roll. So I moved them to another location, where TWO additional rolls were waiting to keep them company. Now I have enough to line my own underwear as I forget to go inside to use the bathroom.

It is the same for me. All those shelves and nonsense and i still have to go and buy what I own and cant find. And the wasted time searching!!!! When I was in my twenties I could find all my tools and my old electric bills.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I forgot what I was going to type. But I didn't want to forget this thread...

Oh yea, Grocery list, when I call my wife from the store to ask if there's anything I need to get, if she rattles off more than 2 things, I tell her to take a pic and text it to me. No way I can remember 3 things, that's more things than I have arms to count with.

 

[bcp]

It is the same for me. All those shelves and nonsense and i still have to go and buy what I own and cant find. And the wasted time searching!!!! When I was in my twenties I could find all my tools and my old electric bills.

When I was in my twenties, all I owned would fit in my car when I moved. Now I would need a train.

Bruce

 

[GregP27]

Here's one: Senior Moments by Golf Brooks w/cc - YouTube