Post by macmex on Jun 17, 2024 7:06:06 GMT -6
I started having some memory issues years ago but could always rationalize why it really wasn't my memory that was causing problems. I was just too busy, too tired, or ... SOMEBODY MOVED MY TOOL! Eventually I had to come to grips that it was me. I was/am having memory issues. Losing tools was a fairly early indicator that there was a problem. I replaced a number of my favorite tools but the need to replace them returned with increasing frequency. Some, if not many, never did show up. I was tempted to blame UFOs or little people
In 2020 I got help from Amen Memory Clinic. They're not covered by insurance and they're expensive, to be sure, yet I think they may have saved my life. I was getting to the point that I was beginning to be a danger to myself while working around the farm. Jerreth's comment about the expense was, "What kind of wife would I be if i wasn't willing to spend the price of a good used car in order to keep my husband functioning?" I'm grateful she got me help.
My problems have kind of improved. I'm not as acute as before but many of the symptoms resurface periodically. I'll probably always have them to some degree. One thing Amen Clinic doctors stressed was the importance of coming up with compensatory strategies. Hence, I have found a fabulous app for my phone which helps me to remember commitments. Jerreth painted the ends of all my tools bright yellow, which has definitely saved a few. We've also designated the greenhouse as "the place" to store tools when not in use. Even if I have to walk 400' to do it, I will usually do so, in order to put a tool in the greenhouse, when I'm through with it. I do have an alternate place, the bucket of my tractor, where I can put things when I'm in a hurry. That's closer to the sheds and chicken coop and, I stop there several times a day, on my way to care for animals. Strategy, that's what I need.
I've noticed when I lose things that I'm usually in a hurry and immediately after doing whatever it is that I do with those tools, I realize that I don't recall what I did. When this happens my best bet for recovering them is to retrace my steps (which can be many) and find it IMMEDIATELY. If I don't, it's gone, and that, possibly for good. So, Saturday, when I was working in the gardens, I suddenly realized that I didn't know where my weeding sickle had gone.
I stopped what I was doing and started searching. Probably, in 1/2 hour I traveled nearly half a mile, going back and forth between the gardens, greenhouse, house and tractor. I JUST COULDN'T FIND IT! Finally, after about 45 minutes of looking....
![](https://i.ibb.co/8YtVc5J/Wheres-My-Tool.jpg)
I found it! I had put it somewhere safe... (My back pocket)
Do you have strategies for keeping track of your tools?
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In 2020 I got help from Amen Memory Clinic. They're not covered by insurance and they're expensive, to be sure, yet I think they may have saved my life. I was getting to the point that I was beginning to be a danger to myself while working around the farm. Jerreth's comment about the expense was, "What kind of wife would I be if i wasn't willing to spend the price of a good used car in order to keep my husband functioning?" I'm grateful she got me help.
My problems have kind of improved. I'm not as acute as before but many of the symptoms resurface periodically. I'll probably always have them to some degree. One thing Amen Clinic doctors stressed was the importance of coming up with compensatory strategies. Hence, I have found a fabulous app for my phone which helps me to remember commitments. Jerreth painted the ends of all my tools bright yellow, which has definitely saved a few. We've also designated the greenhouse as "the place" to store tools when not in use. Even if I have to walk 400' to do it, I will usually do so, in order to put a tool in the greenhouse, when I'm through with it. I do have an alternate place, the bucket of my tractor, where I can put things when I'm in a hurry. That's closer to the sheds and chicken coop and, I stop there several times a day, on my way to care for animals. Strategy, that's what I need.
I've noticed when I lose things that I'm usually in a hurry and immediately after doing whatever it is that I do with those tools, I realize that I don't recall what I did. When this happens my best bet for recovering them is to retrace my steps (which can be many) and find it IMMEDIATELY. If I don't, it's gone, and that, possibly for good. So, Saturday, when I was working in the gardens, I suddenly realized that I didn't know where my weeding sickle had gone.
I stopped what I was doing and started searching. Probably, in 1/2 hour I traveled nearly half a mile, going back and forth between the gardens, greenhouse, house and tractor. I JUST COULDN'T FIND IT! Finally, after about 45 minutes of looking....
![](https://i.ibb.co/8YtVc5J/Wheres-My-Tool.jpg)
I found it! I had put it somewhere safe... (My back pocket)
Do you have strategies for keeping track of your tools?