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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Donizen]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I do the same. And I have different numbers for different activities. For the longer lists, I have a spreadsheet. On that one are lists for &quot;going overseas&quot;, &quot;going on a picnic&quot;, going to the beach, weekend away, camping, and running my seminars. They are priceless.  And, for example, if I am going overseas, I copy the SS to my desktop and as I pack something, I delete it from the temp file. Works a treat. But the numbers for everyday activities works brilliantly. Have not asked my siblings if they do the same.  Will next time I see them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from mmrtech]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here's a trick I have for remember things. My manager owns chickens and sells eggs. I always forget to grab them from the fridge before I leave work for the day. I tried setting reminders in Outlook and leaving myself notes. The trick that finally worked was putting my car keys into the carton with the eggs when I put them in the refrigerator, essentially making it almost impossible to leave without the eggs. The concept works in a lot of situations; but it most often involves putting my keys in or under something.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from iuweiiodjnkl]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Anfauglir]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@Phantom - &quot;Have you never heard of a checklist? &quot;

Pretty sure Scott has heard of 'em - &quot;I knew a list wouldn't work for me. I find that lists only work when I first make them&quot;

It's not a solution if what you're suggesting has already been tried and found not to work.

You're welcome.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Phantom II]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Have you never heard of a checklist?  When I was a Navy fighter pilot, checklists were our life. There was one caveat: checklists do you no good unless you use them.

It was a little more important for us than for you.  Whereas you would say, &quot;Gee, kid, you didn't bring your iPhone,&quot; we would say, &quot;AARGHHHH!&quot; just before we died.  

So it became important to not only have checklists, but to actually use them.  Try this: if all of you have the same needs every time, print out copies of a checklist, and insist that everyone uses them.  If you don't, then before every outing, have someone who knows what they're doing put down on a piece of pater what each person needs.  

Then, make sure everyone USES the checklist.  Having it does nothing for you. Using it does everything.

Once again, you're welcome.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from fledder]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[My version is equally simple: put all the crap you need when you go outside always in the same place in the house. Drop it there when you enter, pick it up there when you leave.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[I don't go to the gym, nor own an ipod, but over the many years have trained myself in certain ways. I ALWAYS have my keys in my back pocket, and ALWAYS have my wallet in the other pocket. Leaving the house (or passing any door) I pat to make sure. NOT having my stuff makes me feel naked, so I seldom forget it. In the old days I also checked for my pocket watch, that has been replaced by my cheap cell phone. Most recently, I had to start using the bus when my car finally died, so I have a little metal wallet I keep in my side pocket that keeps that, and non-id type cards.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from zhanba33]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from zhanba33]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hello, everybody, the good shoping place, the new season approaching, click in. 
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 Welcome to ====  http://www.luckygrip.com ==
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Air Jordan (1-24) shoes $35
Nike shox (R4, NZ, OZ, TL1, TL2, TL3) $35
Handbags ( Coach Lv fendi D&amp;G) $30
T-shirts (polo, ed hardy, lacoste) $14
Jean (True Religion, ed hardy, coogi)$34
Sunglasses ( Oakey, coach, Gucci, Armaini)$15
New era cap $9
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from gnobal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Like someone else here noted, what you're doing is a kind of a checksum. I've been using it too, but I noticed that if I have to take an unrelated additional item with me, e.g. the trash when leaving my apartment, I might forget one of the items I'm actually supposed to take.

So be careful :)]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[In my family, we do that with the dogs. We've got eight of them in our country estate, so when I'm letting them in or out of the house, I always take a quick headcount before opening the door. Only if the count comes up short do I try to figure out which one is missing by name.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from jwilfrick]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I pretty much carry the same stuff with me all the time.  When I power down every evening, the stuff gets deposited in a certain spot, all together.  When I resume activity the next day, I pick it all up.  Special situations and seasonal variations require small changes, but mostly it is the same stuff all the time.  One big exception has been my coffee.  In the new job, I cannot have any coffee at my workstation, and I have ZERO time to go and get coffee during the day.  As a result, I no longer take it with me when I go, so it sits in the kitchen.  To my credit, at least I have started finishing the cup and washing it before heading out.  Additionally, I am commencing a new job search - all for a cup of joe.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Jacsin]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I use the same trick when I go swimming. 7 items: suit, cap, goggles, towel, underwear, hair elastic band and key . I used to forget one thing or two, and it's more than exasperating because without anyone of them I simply can't get in or get out of the pool! It has worked so well on me, and now it feels good to have someone else to theorise it for you.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from 700bunnies]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Speaking of memories and memorable ideas, the title is a forgettable title.  It sounds like a lame but difficult what-not-to-do trick for same gender couples.  

Retitle it as &quot;Memory Hotkeys for Mammals because Mammals have Mammaries&quot; and everyone will  remember this particular memory trick.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Kuvuplan]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@wanax

Actually the missing keys is really only troublesome in these two instances:
Modern USA TSA security checkpoint.  If you set off the metal detector, they put you aside for an even more invasive search.  You don't want that so you go overboard in removing metal:  Rings, watch, wallet, glasses, belt, shoes, jacket... you end up with your boarding pass in hand, a shirt, pants, undergarments and probably socks.  If you are from a cold weather climate you may end up feeling naked at that point.
After walking away from that checkpoint and putting &quot;everything&quot; back on it could be really bad to forget something as unattended luggage is another security risk, so I run a check to make sure I have &quot;everything&quot; and find out that my typical key pocket is empty, which just adds to the already increased stress level of the security checkpoint.

The other is in crowded areas.  I just got bumped by somebody, was that a pickpocket?  Lets see if something is missing.... Ah, that constant and familiar weight of my keys is missing!  Oh wait, I have everything else...


Though, I do not think there is any memory trick that will prevent the 3 seconds or so lost in both of cases from getting lost.  With the motor memory, people just might stare at you strangely as you tap an empty pocket repeatedly, during those 3 seconds or so.  Be careful with storing things in a shirt pocket, otherwise TSA might start looking for a &quot;Legal Guardian&quot;!]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from shagbark]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[People with poor memory are a minority whom it isn't just acceptable to abuse, it's considered virtuous to do so.  In fact, Scott, you've done it yourself in Dilbert.  When I explain to someone how some task that is utterly trivial to them is simply impossible for me--like remembering someone's name after meeting them once, or for me to remember at three o'clock that an alarm went off at five minutes to three and told me to do something at three o'clock--they think I'm lying to them, to conceal some sinister or base motive.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from wanax]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[@whtllnew
I don't have kids, so I can't comment about when the number gets up to 137. I think on the whole, if you have kids, you'll just have to accept moderate attrition. But given the stress of traveling, especially in areas where one's command of the language is lacking, I'd say the number system has saved me forgetting bags or papers about a dozen times.

@Kuvuplan
Hmm... That's interesting. I certainly have the same problem in the first day or two of any trip. But then the contextual change kicks in (habits are strongly modulated by context) and I don't have a problem for the rest of the trip. But I only put my keys down at home, at work etc, they're always in my pocket between uses. 

Do you put your keys down in multiple places? There's evidence from the perceptual learning literature (disclaimer: I'm about to generalize in a way that can also be labeled wild speculation) that when one is trained for a task in one part of the visual field, it stays localized (say, discriminating whether a line is tilted more or less than 45deg thousands of times) but if you train in two locations it generalizes over the entire visual field... and it doesn't even have to be the same task to cause BOTH tasks to generalize (but this isn't true for all task pairs).

The interaction between contextual cueing and habit formation/procedural memory is something we don't understand much about.. but it's been my experience that as long as I form habits in specific contexts, the downsides you mention, such as minor panics over keys, are limited. 

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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from webgrunt]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[hbmindia:

Handkerchief?  I thought people stopped using those in the mid-1920s.
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<description><![CDATA[I've been doing this for 20 years.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from BruiserB]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I use the same trick....4 things needed to go to work. Phone, wallet, badge, keys.  I just remember that there are 4 things and eventually work out what's missing.]]></description>
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