The story of how the "way to never forget things" was just "doing XX"

The other day, I watched a very educational
YouTube video.

It was from the Kamaitachi Channel,

[Forgotten Items] Kamaitachi's Yamauchi
passionately teaches Hamaie how to never forget things!

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In the video above,
Yamauchi passionately teaches Hamaie,
who often forgets things,
saying, "This will stop you from forgetting things."

This video was
truly concrete and
practical.

"I just keep forgetting..."
"Wait, what was I going to do again?"
"I can't stop forgetting things..."

For those who are troubled by
forgetting things often like that,
this is a video I definitely want you to see.

And in this article, I will extract
the parts from the video that I found particularly convincing
and introduce them to you all.

If you read until the end,
you might be able to improve your habit of forgetting things!?

Well then, let's get started (^^♪

✔ Why do you
　forget things?

Today is the day of an important meeting at work.

From the night before, you prepared the documents needed for the meeting
on your desk at home and went to sleep.

Then, morning comes, you head to work,
and you remember when you arrive at the office.

"Oh! No!!
I left the documents for the meeting at home!"

That's a classic case of forgetting something, isn't it? (;^_^A

It's not just meeting documents;
cell phones, umbrellas, lunch boxes, etc... everything can qualify as
"something forgotten."

I've even heard stories of people who went somewhere by bicycle
but ended up walking home.

Now, why do we
forget things?

At the beginning of the video, Mr. Yamauchi
teaches us something important.

That is...

"You are a person who forgets things"
—you must realize this.

That is quite a profound way of thinking.

It really is.

Surprisingly, people tend to
convince themselves that they "don't forget things."

The more you think, "I won't forget such a small thing,"
the more easily you'll forget it in a short amount of time.
(I've experienced this myself 😅)

And,
unless you realize that "I am a person who forgets things,"
your habit of forgetting things will never be fixed.

You end up falling into
a fruitless, infinite loop like that.

To "stop forgetting things,"
the first step is to realize for yourself that "I am a person who forgets things."

By doing so,
you can focus on how to reduce forgetting things
and will be able to come up with countermeasures.

✔|The one that resonated most
　Countermeasure

In the video, Mr. Yamauchi
introduces several ways
to avoid forgetting things.

And among them,
I will introduce to everyone the countermeasure that I was convinced
was "truly effective!!"

It is...

"Do it when you remember"

.

This countermeasure really impressed me.

Because it was a method I myself
was practicing, so I felt even more
"That's right, isn't it."

"Do it when you remember" is,
as the words say, a method of
immediately taking action when you remember.

"Oh, I have to do that"
"I have to do this too"

When you think like that in your head,
if you can start,
immediately take action and start.

The key is not to say
"I'll do it after I do ○○"
or "I'll start after this is finished," but to start immediately when you remember.

It is truly a simple yet
highly effective method.

I also often encounter
situations like this while working.

"Oh, I have to do that...
　But, for now,
　I'll do this first before starting"

A few minutes later...

"Um...
　What was I going to do just now?"

I was creating a flow where I would perfectly forget,
just like that.

So, how did I deal with it?

That's right.

I put "do it when you remember"into practice.

I stopped making excuses and...
I acted immediately "when I remembered".

Because of this "do it when you remember" approach,
I think my habit of forgetting things
has decreased significantly.

Of course,
I still forget things if I let my guard down,
so I make sure to keep
that awareness in mind.

To be honest, I thought the time spent remembering what I forgot was
"a waste".

I would struggle for a few minutes thinking, "Hmm, what was it?"
and still not come up with an answer.

At some random moment, I'd think, "Oh! That's what it was!"
then put it off again... and forget it.

I feel once again that
"there is no time more wasted than this."

That is precisely why
I try to value the time spent acting to avoid forgetting things
more than the time spent remembering what I forgot.

* * * * *

Humans are remarkable, aren't they?

We are creatures capable of paying attention to
and thinking about multiple things,
not just one.

The background to acquiring this way of thinking
is related to the DNA of our ancient ancestors.

In ancient times, people
had to pay attention to various things
so that they could be ready
to be attacked by wild animals at any time.

By doing so, they became more
cautious than any other creature, avoiding danger
and becoming creatures that could survive for a long time.

However, we are now in the Reiwa era.

Living a life of distraction without focusing on one thing
leads to issues of trust as a working professional.

Moreover, a "person who often forgets things"
is someone you cannot easily entrust with responsibilities.

After all, saying "I forgot" at a critical moment
is not something that can be excused.

If everything could be solved with an apology,
we wouldn't need the police (-_-;)>

To live a life "without forgetting things"...

For those of you with a strong determination "not to forget things",
I would be very happy if you could watch
the "YouTube video" I introduced this time.

Well then, until next time.
Goodbye.