Memory is totally shot!!

[pita300]

I just had a knock on the door. It was the land lord wanting the rent. I totallly forgot about the rent. :bigmouth: I was even ballancing my check book this moring and thinking I sure have a lot of mony let over!:bigsmile:
Fortunatly I have a very understanding land lord. I hate these memory issues!

 

[cazzy]

that real bummer when think got money and not...i ended up with host of bills cos i forget

 

[CQ:)]

pita -
Thats good that you have an understanding landlord.
Do you have a calendar or diary which you can use to make note of anything you have to pay eg - at such date on each week/fortnight/month pay rent.

 

[pita300]

CQ
I thought I had a good system. I get paid every other week. This month wss a 3 check month. With every thing else going on holiday eeg. I just plan forgot.

 

[valeriedl]

I keep a list of all the bills that need paid every month on a post it hung up on the wall in my office - Rent, electricity, gas, phone etc..

As each one get's paid then it gets crossed off the list, this way I know I don't miss any. I have some bills that come automatically out of my checking account each month so I make sure they are on that list so that I know to take the money out of my check book.

Once the list is all crossed off then I make a new one for the next month. This has worked pretty good for me so far.

 

[Eli]

I am surrounded by lists, calendars and clocks! When they carry my dead body out of here they're going to think..."this lady had a time, date and todo fetish."

 

[AngelwithDentedHalo]

I have a lousy short term memory too, I think it's from all the head trauma's plus having brain atrophy. I have great long term memory but tell me something and I forget it 5 minutes later. Ihave to have calendars to keep track of appointments, mainly cause I have so many a year. I have four doctors I see a year, most every three to six months so I see each of them twice a year at least, now that I'm better, was more often when I was sick. I sometimes forget what I am going to do 2 minutes after I think of it and sometimes I think of something at work to do when I get home and forget it and never remember. Hate to think of what I'll be like at 60.

 

[CQ:)]

CQ
I thought I had a good system. I get paid every other week. This month wss a 3 check month. With every thing else going on holiday eeg. I just plan forgot.

We all forget at times but it's good that your landlord did remind you so you didn't get to far behind with the rent .

I get paid each fortnight so I find the bets way to remember to pay my bills is the day before I get paid I will do up a budget with how much money I will have then what needs to be paid for the fortnight. The 1st thing I allow for is the rent (which gets paid fortnightly) then I allow a little for gas & electricity (I pay a bit of both each fortnight so I'm ahead by the time I get the bills), then food & how much I allow myself for the fortnight. I then know how much I have left in the bank & if I can afford to buy something I might need.

 

[CQ:)]

I am surrounded by lists, calendars and clocks! When they carry my dead body out of here they're going to think..."this lady had a time, date and todo fetish."

lol Eli,
I have calendars every where aswell & diarys.
I always keep a diary in my bag where I write any appts I need to remember in it.