Help needed with work or going to lose my job

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Hi ,

I am so sorry to hear of the problems you are having. As a person

who has had a terrible memory all of her life (My friends in school

called me the " absent minded professor " ) I can offer a few

suggestions that have helped me. I write everything down. Like you

I leave myself notes. I also have some OCD tendencies because of

it. Before I leave an area I have made it a habit to check myself.

Do I have my purse, my car keys, the papers I was working with etc.

It really makes me crazy, but that is what I have had to do to

compensate for my bad memory. I also have other people remind me to

do things. As I was writing this e-mail my son walked by and

said " Mom have you taken your pill yet " I hadn't! LOL :-) Lately I

found a tool that has really helped. I got a PDA (personal digital

assistant). I put everything in there my schedule, things I am

working on, and especially reminders. (make sure you back it up

often) It has an alarm feature and I set it to go off when I need to

be reminded. I have also done this with my cell phone, pager and a

watch I bought just for that purpose. Many times I set up many

different reminders for the same thing. That way if I don't hear

one, another is likely to help. You might set up a daily check list

that you have to go through before you leave the office and/or one

for the morning. Wrap it around your car keys so you have to see it

before you go. Dumb little tricks like this have saved me so many

times. I am not saying that I never forget things any more, but it

does help.

Good Luck

Fellow Memory Impaired " Absent Minded Professor "

Joanne