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Need to remember it? Write yourself a memory note.

By David W. Barr IV One of the things that seems to get more annoying every month is the increasing number of tasks we have to do. Years ago it was maybe just the groceries… pick up a quart of milk, need a new loaf of bread, the strawberry jam is almost all gone, or… get a hair cut, then cut the lawn.  Now it seems to be so much worse! All that plus charge the cell phone, take the medications, walk the dog, feed the dog, get the car  serviced, fix the screen door, call the kids, weed the garden, do my exercise… Does it ever end? And how do I remember it all?? Maybe you tried writing yourself a list. But where is that scribbled bit of paper when you need it? Even if you can find it, there are things crossed out, things written sideways on the edge. Lists quickly become a mess. “I can’t even read my own writing”! Here’s a better idea. Get yourself some sticky notes and a black marker pen. Start writing those tasks down on the sticky notes, just one task per note.  Add a new one whenever

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