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Memory and learning · Not losing things

Keys, wallet, phone: one place

A bowl by the door. Everything goes in it, every time, no exceptions.

no timeEvidence: decent

You lose your keys because you put them down while thinking about something else, and a memory made with half your attention is barely a memory. A fixed place removes the need to remember at all. Evidence: decent

Same logic for anything you lose regularly. Design the habit so memory isn't involved.

Source: Sheena Josselyn, SickKids Toronto, via Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, "21 brain hacks"

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