artifact

A to-do list does you no good if you never look at it and forget it exists.

silhouette

People forget most of the details of almost everything.

cue cue

The more things you commit to doing, the more likely it is that you will not remember one of those things when the perfect moment to do it arises.

gone + forgotten

Most things that are thrown away are quickly forgotten.

memorabilia

Choose what memories you want to reinforce with photographs and documents. It won’t be most of them.

lined up

Things are easier to see if you find them in a familiar order or arrangement.

written

If you only just barely remember your new year’s resolution, maybe now it is time to write it down.

reference

Sometimes you have to look up things you already know.

re-treat

Think of one costume character from your past that you would want to do again. Think of one costume character from your past that you would not want to do again.

year in pictures

Remember last year. Think of three different ways you could tell the story of last year.

journal

Keep track of the most important things that happen to you. Usually writing is the easiest way to make a record. If an experience can’t be properly described in words, at least record that it happened.

rear view mirror

If you can keep things looking good and going smoothly, the current troubles, once ended, may be more easily forgotten.

guessword

Don’t choose a password that is easy for you to guess after you have forgotten it. Such a password is even easier for others to guess.

a distant souvenir

Some souvenirs come from places their owners barely remember.

lost in the shuffle

It may surprise you how quickly things are forgotten after you throw them away.

highlights

Events can be easy to remember because they are important or just because they resemble something you have seen before.

taller tales

The older the tale, the taller it is.

the now person

You don’t know your age if you are remembering what it was a few years ago. The same is true of your preferences and priorities.

out of the past

Throw away something you forgot you had.

moving on

Throw away something that reminds you of a past failure.