When I was younger, I had a great memory. As a student, I could read something one time and be able to regurgitate it back on an exam. At this point in my life, however, my memory is not the same. I am constantly picking up the phone to make a call and forget who I wanted to call or walking into the pantry of my house to get something and forget what it was I wanted to get. I’ll consistently think of great blog topics while driving to work and forget what they were by the time I get myself to a computer to write.

I use several tricks to help me remember. Several years ago, my office manager convinced me that I needed two computer monitors on my desk in order to work more effectively. I find that my dual monitors are most useful to hold the small yellow post-its that I stick on them with my reminders to myself of tasks that I need to get done. I have also copied my children’s habit of texting reminders to myself. If I buy groceries during the day and have to put them into the refrigerator at my office, I put my car keys in the grocery bag so I remember to take the groceries home. My Mom taught me that one.

Do you have any other memory tricks for me?