September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Lists, calendars, notes, online diaries, pop-up reminders – people use lots of standard methods to organise themselves. All of them work for some of us, or for some of the time. Just don’t be fooled into thinking these are your only options. If none of them works for a particular purpose, find another way to organise yourself.
One member of my family has a foolproof and unorthodox technique for reminding himself of those things you only think of just before getting into bed. He turns his toothbrush upside-down. When he gets up in the morning he sees the inverted toothbrush and instantly remembers the thing. Apparently it’s never failed. Personally I think I’d just stare at the toothbrush for ages wondering ...