Try: Encourage the cr to implement the following recommendations be patient you can choose to get frustrated with your forgetfulness or you can choose to accept and deal with it do not continually fret over your absentmindedness actively work on increasing your ability to concentrate by playing brain games eating foods that are healthy for the brain getting enough sleep and so on there are many helpful memory techniques available use a wristwatch cell phone or electronic organizer to set alarms to keep you on track with daily tasks and deadlines for example if you need to take medicine every four hours setting an alarm as a reminder can be very helpful set alarms throughout the day for various things that you need to remember to do if you are computer literate use the microsoft outlook software program outlook has a useful reminders feature that may be helpful at the specified date and time outlook gives you an automatic pop-up window to remind you to do the task the reminders are fairly easy to set up use set storage spaces for everything that you own especially for things that you are prone to lose for example umbrellas flashlights candles batteries pens books old bills and tax returns photos tools and so on maintaining consistency wil be the key to your success use a a safe deposit box at the bank for really important items that you are afraid you might lose it may cost some money but that is a small price for the peace of mind a safety deposit box provides put very important and irreplacable items that you rarely need to look at in the safe deposit box common choices are wills birth certificates passports military discharge papers and other such documents; as well as jewelry and other valuable items try to maintain a healthy perspective and sense of humor about forgetfulness whenever your forgetfulness places you in an awkward position try to laugh it off
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Categories: Cognitive Intellectual, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory
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References: Adapted from www memory-improvement-tips com
Keywords: Absentminded absentmindedness forgetful forgetfulness
*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed