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If you put something right in front of you so you don't forget it, will you forget it anyway?

I don't know how many times I have done that.

Posted - September 8, 2021

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  • 10664
    Yep.   I go as far as writing myself lage notes and placing them where I must see them just so I wont forget... and I forget.  
      September 8, 2021 1:15 PM MDT
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  • 44654
    We take food scraps to our job and put them in the nearby forest. We will place a note on the fridge, but forget them anyway.
      September 8, 2021 1:25 PM MDT
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  • 53526


      I’m confused. Why are food scraps being placed in the forest, and for whom? For the wild animals?

    :(

    ~

      September 9, 2021 8:12 PM MDT
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  • 44654
    Yes...for the critters. We put a well-picked chicken carcass there for the raccoons.
      September 10, 2021 7:03 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Then what’s the purpose for the notes? Why are reminders needed?

    :|

      September 10, 2021 7:07 AM MDT
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  • 44654
    The note was a reminder to take it out of the fridge. We still forgot. It answers his question.
      September 10, 2021 7:10 AM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Thank you for clarifying. I hope you realize that the order in which you wrote it is what caused the confusion. I thought you meant that you put food in the forest and then wrote notes about it, and sometimes forgot about it. I read your post the way you wrote it: chronologically. 

    ~

      September 10, 2021 7:15 AM MDT
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  • 44654
    Many times. The worst one was when I misplaced my reading glasses in the classroom. I offered 5 pieces of candy for anyone who could find them. A student piped up "They're on your head."
      September 8, 2021 1:22 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    That's a tricky one!
      September 8, 2021 2:54 PM MDT
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  • 23659
    Did the student get the candy?
    :)
      September 8, 2021 7:56 PM MDT
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  • 44654
    Of course. They all knew I always had a bag.
      September 9, 2021 11:04 AM MDT
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  • 23659
    :) I had no doubt you meant your offer.  
    :)
      September 9, 2021 6:24 PM MDT
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  • 53526


      I do that ALL the time. 

    :|

      September 8, 2021 11:08 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    I guess I can forgive myself then.
      September 8, 2021 11:16 PM MDT
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  • 3025
    I didn't the last time but I have done it. 
      September 9, 2021 5:41 AM MDT
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