As humans, we can remember something and at the same time forget too. Forgetfulness is something that has happened to many of us in different ways and to some like myself, being forgetful has become a daily routine and has ruined a lot of things for me. I might remember something now and in the next minute forget about the same thing and it makes people around me wonder how it's so.
Sometimes, we might not bother about it especially when it doesn't have any effect on us but the ones that could disrupt something important for us, we get destabilised over it.
A time my sister forwarded a private school link to me that the application was ongoing and that I should apply. I left it aside hoping to apply later. The thing is, I kept remembering but I was calm because I thought there was still time. I was still serving and just remaining 3 months to round up. Eventually, I forgot, and for two weeks, imagine, I didn't even remember until my sister chatted me up to know what was up.
"How far with the link I sent to you. Were you able to apply for it?" She asked.
As I wanted to type, "Which link?" It dawned on me that I'd forgotten about applying for a job until after 2 weeks. I wanted to slap myself in the face but couldn't. I had to lie to her and said, "I did but haven't gotten any response from them." I know my sister and how she would react if she knew I didn't apply for it. I had to keep it from her but I couldn't forgive myself for it. I allowed myself to miss out on an opportunity.
It pained me so much because I felt I wasn't putting too much effort in my job hunting and here was my sister doing her best to talk to people on my behalf. According to her, her friend sent the link to her for me to apply on time so I could have a chance of being employed but it was my procrastination that made me forget it.
It's true forgetfulness is part of human beings because we aren't perfect but it doesn't mean we should make that an excuse or shouldn't work on ourselves. To me, forgetfulness has gone deep in me and it has gotten out of control and I am always working on myself to prevent it from happening often.
I could be staring at something and my mind telling me to do it now and once my mind is shifted to something else, I may remember that thing after a few days, mostly after weeks just like the above scenario.
I can remember another time I was travelling to another city to complete my relocation process. As a new corper then, I was told not to go to the secretariat without my complete corper's uniform. I'd boarded this bus and already drove over thirty minutes when I realised I'd forgotten to take my cap.
It was like I should bite myself in the bus and it wasn't something I could get down to go back home. The worst part was how I was staring at the cap on the bed and my mind telling me to pick it up and put it in my bag but at that time, I was busy doing simple make-up and assured myself of picking it up once I was done.
After the make-up, I got on something else, minutes later, my eyes went to the cap again and in my mind, I was like, "I might forget this cap" but something distracted me again and boom, I forgot and didn't even remember while walking towards the main road. The bus got delayed with passengers, still, I didn't remember until the bus had gone far, then I remembered. It pained me but thank God I wasn't stopped at the gate till I finished all I needed to do.
Something I do now which isn't every time is to make sure I jot down whatever I need to do to be reminded to get on it on time. Like in the case of when I was travelling a few days ago. I'd jotted down every item I needed to pack in my bag the previous night and was only ticking them off when I had packed them. I would say this was the trip I had gone on without forgetting anything.
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Our brain is very complex and so are our memories and their storage, memory lapses are part of our day, we must try to understand their reason
Yes, you are right. Understanding why they are so is something that would help us navigate through
I wish there would be an antidote for forgetfulness to eliminated completely
This was very wonderful✨😍
Hahaha. I don't think so. I think that's part of our existence but it only gets worse when it's become a continuous thing.
Too many information may be a distraction for our memory. It is in the bid of trying to remember that w could eventually mistake one for the other or outrightly forget about something.
It is a natural phenomenon to forget. Only that it should not be frequent.
You are right. The memory cannot absorb too much information. That's what I said too, it's normal to forget things but shouldn't be a frequent thing.
I like this opening a lot. It sort of explains how sometimes you forget something and you know you've forgotten something, but you don't know what you've forgotten.😂😂
I travelled yesterday and reading about your cap incident is so funny because the same happened to me with my charger adapter. I was literally staring at it saying oh I'll pick this thing after brushing my teeth, but now I've forgotten. lol
Hahaha 😀 that always annoy me a lot. Like, I will remind myself to pick something but end up forgetting later. Such forgetfulness is weird 😅😅
I guess you'd just waste another money to get a new adapter. That's the effect of forgetting something especially when it's important.
Haha no. I’m not buying a new adapter. I’ll use my laptop to charge it until I go back. I’ll be leaving tomorrow anyway.
Oh. That's good then. I thought your trip would be for a while.
Oh nahh. I went home to vote. I’m actually even done now, so I should be leaving again tomorrow.
Alright then. Enjoy your trip.
I think many of us have the nature of forgetting and I am one of them like you. It was in extreme level but fortunately I am getting better with time. It seem you are also like me but it's something we can't control fully.
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Yes, we cannot control it fully but we can still try some tips to help us navigate through.
Forgetting is one thing that we all experience at one time in our life
Exactly.
I have also started to write down my to do list on paper a day before so that when the time comes, I won't have forget anything.
Exactly. For some too, I set an alarm to remind me.
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