How not to lose things

Congratulations. You are on your way to wealth: phones, ipads, umbrellas and cashmere coats. And for additional holidays - the time that would have been spent on the restoration of documents.

Of course, if you wont lose them and have a look at this article is not out of curiosity. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce the “Living for Dummies” series.

Don't lose your head

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I lost my rights three times in the last year. Also lost:

• Passport and technical passport
• Countless charge
• Concert Tickets
• Money and credit cards
• Wacom Tablet
• Once on a journey, I completely lost my suitcase. And he explained to the border guards why I travel 10,000 km with luggage in the form of a laptop and one sock — that's all that's left.
• More than once I lost cars : I forgot that I arrived by car and returned home by subway. So that after a day or two to go out and be surprised that there is no car in front of the house.

Why is that? Genes: as one guy says , this is genetics. Normal people put things without focusing on what they are doing, and remember. Others, like me, lay down and do not remember. From my own guess that someone remembers more often, someone less.

The classic method is to fuck the brain.

In childhood they learn to tie the laces and the mass of Pluto, but when it comes to the simplest, the frontier of knowledge comes. And reproaches come: “You have to be more attentive,” say the older ones and supposedly the smarter ones. But as? Where to strain?

Finish with the classic method.

Normal people vs. hardcore

What I write further may seem too much to you. As in the movie Memento , where the hero made tattoos with background information: he woke up and read.

Take for yourself only what you see fit.

Everything in its place

To begin, let's consider more or less normal methods: everything has its place. Putting the keys on the same shelf.

There may be two or more such places. I have it either a special pocket in a bag, or a tray on the bar counter. If there is neither there nor there - this is bad news.

Wasserman Vest 2.0

In order not to rummage through the pockets, I distributed the pockets of jeans according to their functions. To make you more pleasant, I took a photo from the Miss Sixty catalog:

If there are only two pockets, the functions of the back and front are merged.

^{If you put everything in the pockets of some narrow jeans - the bow is only a little less fashionable than the Wasserman vest .}

Now!

As soon as I saw that the wallet was lying on the table, I removed it immediately. And not in the hope that I will not forget later. Forget it!

^{Thanks for this advice to Alina from TimeAngel - she, on my instructions, collected a selection.}

Lists

One thing is not to lose what is already in the hands. And another thing is not to forget anything the moment you leave.

The first time I used lists. They look like a moron, I know. Here is an example of one of the house :

• Keys
• Some money
• Phone
• Documents on the car
• Car key
• Wallet
• discount cards
• Headphones
• Moleskin and pen

Here are some more of my listings.

Now I use travel lists. There are separate travel listings:

• for a few days
• for a week
• into two
• for a month
• on three

There is a travel for all in all climatic zones.

My travel list is permanently in all climatic zones

How not to forget to look at the list

After all, you can forget to look at the list? Then it's easier to learn not to forget?

Not true. It is not difficult. You do not need to memorize each of the things for each of the situations. Need to learn to do one thing. Don't you forget to flush ?! (If you forget, write about it in the comments).

Unusual things

How not to lose something unusual? An umbrella bought on the cheap ski, found a hedgehog, or a stolen bride?

It is necessary to put them very uncomfortable.

• Hang an umbrella not on the back of a chair, but somewhere where it constantly interferes.
• Put shopping bags on your lap in a taxi.
• Are you going to throw garbage? Pack package door.

Once I was sent on a business trip to Singapore. There was one request - to take a gift from the grandmother for the children of the boss. She collected dolls, Russian books and other cute things. They needed to be taken to the suburbs, and over time I did not calculate. Having promised two counters to the taxi driver, at the cost of heroic efforts and titanic nervous tension, I managed to get the package and the plane. Of course, the gift stayed in the taxi. Forever and ever. Guess if I saved the job?

^{Used photos from dollplanet.ru}

How not to lose while carrying

To do this, you need to tell yourself: I carry a clothespin to the balcony, and then I will return for a screwdriver. So says the above kament. Checked works. Screwdriver is not forgotten, nothing is forgotten.

Find an iPhone? To do this, there is MobileMe

Thanks to Find my iPhone, I always know where my phone is. For example, right now it's here:

I have no idea who, but we are not losing hope with the security officer.

Stickers for everything else

You can also order stickers on things. Here are mine:

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Updates
In kamenta Sloot writes about another good way, visualization .
v673 writes about meditation and stuff , for the most part I like it.
side2k writes about error analyzer . Gold words.