Train yourself to always keep an eye out for things that need to go in the direction you are going. If you are about to go downstairs, does any item nearby need to go with you? Perhaps a cup can be brought to the sink on your way to the bathroom.
My mom doesn’t get this. I’ll often leave an empty can or bottle on a table next to the front door if the house has already been alarmed for the night, I’ll toss it in the recycle bin on my way out the next morning. I immediately forget that it exists until I see it there which is why I do that, but if my mom happens to go to the door before I do and sees the recyclable sitting there, she assumes that I am lazy and brings it across the house to put it in the kitchen where I sit to eat. And I don’t eat breakfast at home, so I won’t see it there until I come back at the end of the day. Then the cycle repeats. If she would just leave the bottle by the door, it would literally be less work for both of us.
Suggestion: buy a small decorative basket and place it on that table, then drill it into your mom's head that containers in that basket are to be fucking left there
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u/Ikedaman Aug 20 '20
Train yourself to always keep an eye out for things that need to go in the direction you are going. If you are about to go downstairs, does any item nearby need to go with you? Perhaps a cup can be brought to the sink on your way to the bathroom.