Make a List of Library Books and Due Dates
To remember to return library books, I would place a bin next to the door. Have a canvas tote in the bin. Place a clipboard by the door. Make a list of all the books when you bring them home and place it on clipboard.
This is a guide about remembering your keys. Constantly forgetting where you placed your keys or just losing them altogether? There's nothing worse than the feeling you get when you can't find your keys. Lost keys can wreak havoc in our daily routines.
A great way to remind yourself of things like take the garbage out, return movies, an MD appointment, get gas, etc. is to place a note via a magnet with a clip on it for your note to be placed onto the metal door inside your garage on the door that goes into your home.
Take two (my friend uses three) dry erase calendars. Use one for the current month, and the other for the upcoming month. Use different colors or different family member's schedules, pay days, holidays, appointments, etc.
This is a guide about memory tips and tricks. It's a busy world we live in and it's no surprise it's easy to forget things like pin numbers, phone numbers, email addresses and even the names of people you just met. A little daily focus can go along way to improving your memory.
Remembering to Write the Correct Year
This is a guide about remembering to write the correct year. When a new year starts it can be tough to write the correct year. For time sensitive items like checks, writing the wrong year can be a problem.
This is a guide about remembering without a list. Lists can be a great way to remember things but if you forget your list or have nothing to write on you may be in trouble. Finding other ways to remember things can be really helpful.
Remembering Important Dates (Birthdays, Anniversaries, etc.)
This is a guide about remembering important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). It is a very disconcerting to realize you just forgot someones birthday or even worse, your anniversary. Don't miss another important date with these handy tips and tricks.
Here are a few of the tricks I do to help myself remember things: Have you ever gotten half way to work and realized you forgot something in the kitchen you meant to take to the potluck?
Use Mirror for Dry Erase Board
I have been using dry erase markers on my bathroom mirror to list appointments and things to do. You can use a different color for each subject and/or family member.
When I want to remember something I need to take with me to work or anywhere the next day, I take a plastic shopping bag (like from Wal-Mart) and I tie it to the handles of my purse the night before.
A couple of years ago I started playing around with my Yahoo calendar and can honestly say, "I love it". It didn't take me long to figure it out and one afternoon it took me about an hour to add family birthdays, anniversaries, and other dates important to me.
We have all left home without our purse, homework, cell, laptop, you name it we have left it. Sometimes, we leave the water running, or the stove on and those booboos can be disastrous.
Remembering to Return Items to the Library
This guide is about remembering to return items to the library. Are you singlehandedly supporting your local library when you pay your late fees? Want to find a way to get your checked out materials back on time?
This is a guide about remembering phone numbers short and long term. In the era of cellphones, memorizing phone numbers is much less necessary, and due to a lack of practice, fairly challenging.
Take Cell Phone Picture of Appointment Cards
When I'm given a business card from my dentist, hair stylist, etc., with my next appointment time on it, I take a picture of it with my cell phone. This has helped me greatly, because lots of times I misplace the card.
Keep A Notebook By Your Bed For Night Ideas
I always keep a small book or paper and a pen by my bed, so I can write down ideas that come to me during the night. I have even written down poems in the middle of the night and things I want to remember to tell people about or to do myself.
Attached Pill Box to Refrigerator
I have one of those 7 day vitamin/ herbal supplement containers, and every week I fill it up with the week's takings. In order to remember, I glued a magnetic strip length wise on the bottom of the container.
I keep notebooks around for when I have an idea. I keep one for goals, one to keep track where my money goes, and one for poems when I have a poem to write down.
I have a unique way for remembering my passwords. I came up with a simple sentence that I can remember, for instance:"I love hot fudge sundaes and chocolate cake 2 !" My actual password would be: ilhfs&cc2!
I used to forget my phone whenever I had it on charge. Now, I use an ice cream stick (the rounded kind). I wrote the word "PHONE" on it. Whenever I have my phone charging up, I place the stick on the end of my table where I am sure to see it.
Document Historical Events with Photography
One way that I document historical events in a personal way is to take a photograph of the television screen when major events are being broadcast. I started this on 9/11.
Do What You Might Forget First
Being thrifty is easier when you're organized. When I have more than one thing to do, I try to do the thing I'm most likely to forget first and leave the things I'll definitely remember for later.
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Craft Project: Homemade Car Locator
Tired of losing your car in that crowded parking lot? I know I was, so I came up with the homemade, plastic canvas, car locator sign. This attaches to your car antenna and proudly stands out in any crowded lot.
