Sometimes I wish I had a better memory. This thinking happens whenever I forget a school assignment, don't know where I placed a folder, or can't remember the name of that one restaurant I went to that served some great waffles. Right now, I'm really regretting that I went onto Schoology and only took a look at assignments on the next day in the calender and entirely ignored the ones due that day, because then I would have seen that the blog was due at midnight. Oh, it's not Thursday and now Monday? Well, just great news. Wonderful. I'm sure that I was cognizant of the blog due date on the weekend, but I thought I could hold it off like I usually do and just type it up 2-3 hours before the deadline. It sure didn't work out this time. The words 'thought' or 'assumed' always lead to disaster with me, and a lot of headaches and complications for normally simple tasks.
Beyond just plain forgetfulness when it comes to schoolwork or where I left something, I tend to have difficulty when it comes to associating names with faces. Whenever people introduce themselves to me, it's a 50/50 chance that I'll remember by the second meeting, and I've pretty much given up at this point on even trying. It's not like this problem comes up a lot though. Most of the time, I can muddle through by just saying 'you' in conversation or making motions towards them if needing to indicate where they are. When it does come up, however, I'm always left feeling embarrassed and more than a bit concerned. One time, I was asked by a teacher who was my counselor, and, not expecting that question, I couldn't give any kind of satisfactory answer. Why, Mr. Teacher, she's the lady with a nice sweater in an office filled with pictures of her children and a couple of fake plants and rocks. Am I already a member of the elderly? People seem to recall other's names with such ease, and here I am, struggling to give an answer associated with a face I've seen at least a few times over the past few years.
Whenever I end up messing up because I've forgotten something and had a blip in my memory, my mom always ends up asking me what I plan to do to prevent this kind of incident from happening in the future. What can I do though? Make a schedule of tasks, or scribble down on some Post-It notes on what needs to be done for the day? I've tried following a calender of daily tasks before, and it ended up falling apart because I either forget to check it, or I couldn't do those tasks when I had something else to do. Forgetfulness is probably going to be one of those traits I'm never going to get rid of, so I've determined that maybe I should just just get some more sleep and do my homework earlier so I don't have the opportunity to miss the deadline for my blogging assignment in the first place. From here on out, I think I'm just going to write up my blog on the weekend rather than wait for Monday and risk forgetting like yesterday. When did you ever forget something important, and what methods do you use to help jog your memory and keep you on track?
I totally get what you mean. I would say that I am pretty good at remembering the big or important things, but it's sometimes the little hings I tend to le slip in my mind. As I layed down for bed at 12am, I remembered I still needed to write one more blog comment! I keep a little whiteboard in my room so that I can write tasks tat need to get done and erase them when they're complete.
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ReplyDeleteI like to think that I have a pretty good memory, but this year it seems to be a hit or miss. Sometimes I will completely disregard the "upcoming" section on schoology and just do what I have written down, and it turns out that I can never seem to remember to write down everything I need to do. Moral of the story, it's becoming a serious problem.
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