As life becomes more hectic, we are constantly bombarded with information. For most of us, we believe our memory is pretty good, but we continue to find that we’re forgetting things from one time to another. Given the sheer volume of phone numbers, grocery lists, login passwords, birthdays, work-related activities, projects, names of friends of friends, etc., we’re all subject to information overload. The end result is the brain prioritizing what we need to remember and the minor things that we may be able to forget.

In most professional careers, there is a need to focus on details. Did the client want light blue or dark blue? Am I required to provide one dozen or two dozen spare light bulbs? Do I cut the red or blue wire? Eventually, a growing assortment of minor details can come back to ‘haunt’ us. While some folks are more proficient than others at recalling these minor details, we are all capable of reviewing any self-made notes to help us remember these minor details. The only question is — Did I have the foresight to write myself a note?

-M