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by Zambyte 469 days ago
Regarding memory, I have made a habit of assuming I have a faulty memory, and trying to write down anything I think I may want to remember in the future using a wiki style tool that supports back linking. The tool I use is Org Roam in Emacs, but there are lots of options. I have found that by doing this, I have offloaded a lot onto my computer, and made space in my mind to remember a lot of new things.
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And when you’re not in front of a computer?
Contrary to the other comments saying to carry a pocket computer: my brain. Hence the improved memory. I offload my thoughts into my notes when I can. If it wasn't important enough to remember until I can find a seat at my desk, it wasn't important enough to write a note on.
We have computers we can carry around in our pockets now!
Lots of approaches exist, mine is Obsidian + Syncthing and just jotting down notes on my phone that I go flesh out when I'm back at my PC.
I’ve found these work well:

https://www.ataglance.com/p/planners-calendars/journals-diar...

No batteries or Internet required.

One option is using voice assistants to send a message to your todo inbox.
Use your phone
or note book which you later re-write into your knowledge base.