Does this mean I'm becoming a Senior? Or do young people do this too?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (218397)
Walnut Creek, California
May 15, 2016 1:44pm CST
Just now, I was heading into the kitchen to get a bowl of cereal to go with my first cup of coffee. As I banked left toward the fridge, I noticed my tube of wood filler sitting upright on my kitchen table. This reminded me that I hadn't had time yesterday to work on the damaged AR-3a (vintage loudspeaker) corner that's my main woodworking project right now.
I grabbed the wood filler and went to my living room to add a little wood filler. I never made it to the fridge. Of course, I laughed at myself, as I went back to the kitchen to get my bowl of cereal. The damaged corner has been built up, and my tummy is happy now. Am I on my way to becoming a Senior Citizen? Or does the fact that I remembered why I went to the kitchen in the first place spare me?
Younger MyLotters? Do you also head into a room to do A, suddenly get sidetracked by B, and complete B before you get back to A?
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@TheHorse (218397)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 May 16
Now that made me laugh right there. I can see Granny in her jet propelled staircase elevator. The Great-grand-kids will go "Me too! Me too!" and they'll amuse themselves all afternoon while the adults between 25 and 75 just shake their heads.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
17 May 16
@TheHorse List, lists, write lists. I use pretty colorful 3 x 5 cards for my daily reminders.
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@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
15 May 16
I'm definitely not a younger myLotter. That means I know exactly what you're talking about. I may go into a room and then stand there looking around trying to remember the reason why I went there.
Leaving my keys somewhere and then forgetting them has accompanied for decades, though!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
17 May 16
Okay. This is a fun subject, and people like to blame these things on getting older, but... studies show that it has nothing to do with age. It has to do with having too many things going on in our lives at any one moment. It's like mental juggling, of course we're going to drop something.
@celticeagle (166595)
• Boise, Idaho
15 May 16
I think we all do that from time to time. Hope you don't forget A.
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@renitaperrone (547)
• United States
16 May 16
haha! Well, since you didn't give your age, I don't know if I'm younger or older! (I'll be 51 next month) But I do things like that often. I think it's not as much age for me as it is this "busy" lifestyle" most of us have now - being bombarded with so much stimuli all the time is, in my opinion, making ADD more of an issue. That and having more things on our minds because we are older and have more to do.
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@renitaperrone (547)
• United States
16 May 16
@TheHorse I sometimes ever wonder if I can focus on just one thing at a time again! Although I still get practice at that occasionally when my daughters (who I homeschool) need help on math. That taxes my brain!!
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@TheHorse (218397)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 May 16
I'm a touch older than you. Some of my older (in their 60s) friends are retired, and they focus on one thing. Or two or three. One of my band leaders is retired (he was a lawyer). And he sometimes forgets that many of us are still working two or three jobs.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
17 May 16
@renitaperrone I have always juggled several things at a time. Once my father asked, "Aren't you ever going to stop doing fifteen things at once?" Sure, Dad. I cut back to about five projects at a time. This number keeps me from getting bored.
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@AnnaAutopsy (705)
• United States
16 May 16
I would have to say no, this does not mean that you are becoming a Senior. I am turning 19 in June and I do this ALL of the time. If you are becoming a Senior then I guess I am becoming one at a fairly early age. Lol. I think a lot of people do this, and sometimes without even realizing it. This would actually be the reason I can't clean very well because I'll start on A, get sidetracked by B and then be suck in-between. It's normal for any age, I believe :)
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@AnnaAutopsy (705)
• United States
16 May 16
@TheHorse Exactly! It makes me feel bad though because even though I make progress, I see nothing being done. It's insane!
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@GardenGerty (160600)
• United States
16 May 16
I believe I am older than you. I have always been able to think of things faster than I can do them.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
16 May 16
Well, I'm not young so I do have those senior moments :))
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
15 May 16
From an older Mylotter - always. I find it happens most often when I leave one part of the house to got to another for something.
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@Chellezhere (5693)
• United States
16 May 16
I put the coffee in the coffee maker, set it to brew, took the mug out of the cabinet, placed it onto the counter in front of the microwave, and left the kitchen to go do something else while the coffee brewed. A few minutes later, I walked back into the kitchen, picked up the mug and wondered why there wasn't any coffee in it. Figuring that I must have decided to have tea instead, I opened the microwave. Nothing was in there either. That's when I finally realized that there was coffee in the coffee pot.
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@Chellezhere (5693)
• United States
16 May 16
@TheHorse I'm 48 and have been a card carrying AARP and AMAC member for a year now. My coffee maker is a © Mr. Coffee and has a decanter.