| > engage auto-pilot for "non-interesting" tasks. Routine is useful. My life is full of mini routines, although not necessarily making as cohesive as a picture as they could, there are certainly plenty of gaps. I have a bad problem where things go to shit if a normal "auto-pilot" task of mine has to changed. Simple example, I always have my keys in my pocket, I feel for them as I walk out the door. They're there, I continue. Same thing with my truck (it has manual locks) - I feel for the big plastic on the key, then close the locked door. However, when leaving the house without pockets (in dirtbike gear), there is room for things to go wrong for me. I can't just check that pocket. So I either have to replay putting the keys in my bag or not be lazy and check the bag. I've had to learn to not be lazy and require physical proof... because last time it turns out they were indeed in the bag, _but the bag was in the house_. |
I actually use a pocket of a specific jacket whether I use it or not.
This is where I put them on entry, and this is where the check is on exit.
Without routines like these anything can and will happen, just ask my (soon to be) wife! :)