Where did I put that?

I have a sticky on my puter that says:

"shave"

T_Bone

Well, seems he found his battery charger when he dumped the first load of corn out of a gravity box that fall.

I have the same problems as most it seems.

What I find that works for me is that I have a Small Streamlite flashlight that is "VERY BRITE" that I use for light as I roam around the house or shop looking for something, you would be amaised at what you can see and find with a bright light. I have seen things that I have not seen in years.

The Streamlite Flashlight is the same brand that the Police use. It is a little pricey, I.E. $100.00 for the flashlight, charger and extra battery, it can be used inside the vehicle too as it also has a chargeing adapter for 12 Volt charging.

They say that after we turn "40" we need "4 TIMES THE LIGHT" to see the same things that we saw at 20 with the same light. I beleve it, sometimes I swear I am almost Blind because I can't find something. Plus wearing Glass's doesn't help either.

Hope this sheds some light on things.

Take Care

Dusty

Chuck

Good point. I've learned that it's better to put things back where I know where they are than someplace that makes more sense. Any time I give in to the temptation to straighten up or reorganize the shop (or my office, or my closet) I can count on not being able to go directly to the thing I want for about the first 10 times or three months, whichever occurs first. Occasionally after a serious reorganization I'll never see a thing again---even though I know it's there somewhere.

All the best, Stan

I've always had that problem. It isn't a result of the quality of my mind, although there's a good chance that it has to do with the nature of my mind. A factor that has always made the situation much, much worse is that I've always had multiple locations to store things, and used to also have jobs going in several locations at the same time. If a tool absolutely has to be out in the shop, or somewhere around the last place you were using it, then you keep looking until you find it. If, on the other hand, it might well be at a different location, then you put some of your effort into imagining it there, undermining the purposefulness of your search.

Here are some of the things I've found to help:
1. Have lots of duplicate tools so your inability to find one doesn't bring your project to a dead halt.
2. Don't stop looking in one location until you've reduced the possibility of the thing being there to zero.
3. Form an exact image in your mind of the thing you're looking for and refresh the image regularly. If you've got another one handy, get it and look at it. This will reduce the incidence of losing something in plain sight, particularly if the lost object is slightly unfamiliar. It also seems to sharpen your focus and make you search better.
4. If you're certain of where you were when you were using the thing you're looking for, try to think of the event, or the kind of event, that did happen or could happen to distract you. I think many objects are misplaced by setting them down when your mind is on something else. When I lose a small object now, I go to the place I was using it and look on every horizontal surface in the area---emphasis on every.
5. Waste some time putting things away regularly, even to the point of interrupting a job in progress. Overall, it will end up being less time than the amount of time you spend looking for things you've lost. If getting too routinized makes you feel a little bit like a dim-witted person or an insect, it's still not as bad as the frustration and anger at yourself you feel while you're looking for something that there's just no way you could have lost.

All the best, Stan