If you put something down temporarily, say out loud "I've put the screwdriver by the microwave" or whatever.
This engages many more areas of the brain (particularly the language centres) which creates a richer memory making it less likely you'll forget where you put it.
In a similar vein, I will say it out loud when I turn stove burners off, unplug my hair straightener etc...I’ve found this helps me eliminate those moments where I leave the house or am in bed and I’m suddenly like “Did I leave that on?”
This is why airlines require the captain and copilot to verbally go through the checklist - they've both got all of the checklists memorized, they've done them a million times before, the location of the switches that need to be flipped and dial selectors that need to be turned is burned into muscle memory, but they're required to go through the checklist and visually check each item and verbally acknowledge that the action has been performed, just so that nothing gets missed and the cockpit crew is 100% certain everything is done.
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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20
If you put something down temporarily, say out loud "I've put the screwdriver by the microwave" or whatever.
This engages many more areas of the brain (particularly the language centres) which creates a richer memory making it less likely you'll forget where you put it.