I can’t work on maths problems: by the time I key a calculation into my calculator I’ve forgotten what I was actually calculating.

When I open my phone to write an email, by the time I have the ‘new email’ screen open I’ve forgotten what I wanted to write and to whom.

When I go off looking for something in another room, I forget what I was looking for by the time I’ve entered it. I constantly mutter ‘What was I doing? What was I doing?’

This is so debilitating – I can’t live like this. What can I do?

  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I use physical cards for some tasks. What was I doing? Oh, I’ve got this card in my hand. It won’t help if it’s so severe that the context switch to write on the card obliterates the task before it gets written down, but it definitely helps me when I’m changing locations for a task.