My recommendation is a small thing: a trashcan with a swinging lid!
Covers the trash, reduces smells, will prevent trash tetris (sometimes), and very good instead of foot-pedal opening trash cans or trash cans put in a cupboard.
Another thing are toothbrush holders that stick to mirrors. Might jog that memory of needing to brush your teeth!
Wall-mounted keyholder by your door, too. Anything I put on a flat surface will eventually be lost or covered with more junk & papers. My keys are WALL-ONLY!!!
What item(s) have helped you with your struggles?
I only own one type of sock. No more matching and worrying in the morning. Just grab two generic feet coverings and go.
It’s fine if it’s just colours. If there is a mismatch in length, or tightness, it messes with me more than I would like.
@cynar Its well known in my family that I always wear odd socks (not because I want to, but because I can’t ever face pairing them).
Last Christmas my mum bought me a set of five odd socks that were deliberately mismatched but also sort of matching. The problem is my mother in law bought me the same exact set of five socks.
So I now have five pairs of socks and I’m back to square one again.
I did this too, but it backfired horribly. I got like four packs of identical socks. But I guess two came from a different batch, because they feel different. So now I have to spend twice as much time pairing socks by feel, rather than simply being able to grab and go like I originally intended.
A more subtle one. Get a bunch of bag clips (I used IKEA ones) then write the name of all the things you keep in the freezer (peas, sweetcorn, chips etc). You want 2 of each. Attach 1 to each bag in the freezer, open or closed. You also want a piece of string attached somewhere. When a bag is empty, put its clip on the string. Congratulations, you now have a shopping list. Once you restock, just attach the clips to the appropriate bags, before putting them away.
At least for my household, this seems to flow well. There are no hard steps, and an obvious flow to it. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to figure out how to extend it to canned food, but it works for any bagged foods (pasta etc)
They don’t stick that well to curved surfaces. They are also quite bulky, and we tend to pack cans into the cupboard quite tightly. If I could find some magnetic sheet with enough field strength, that could work. Unfortunately all the ones I’ve found are… lackluster.
I’ll figure out a good workable solution eventually.
Robot vacuum. Honestly made a huge difference. I’m able to keep my flat clean now, I mean I still have junk on almost every surface but my floor is so so clean.
Weirdly he (yes, I’ve anthropomorphised him) helps with the whole body doubling thing. I tidy up, clear the floor, and set him off while I go do the dishes and clean the kitchen!
I upgraded to the roborock S7 MaxV. My previous one just vacuumed. The new one mops, as well as changing its own water, and emptying its dustbin. It was expensive, but a good investment.
Might I advice adding some large googly eyes. It makes it far more hilarious to watch wander around. 👀
vyvanse
Me: Hyperactive, lacks object permanence, forgetful.
My partner: Inattentive, anxious, distractable.
For us it’s mostly been smart home stuff. Our doors have keypads, and they lock automatically if we forget to lock them. Smart speakers take notes and set reminders the moment I want to take a note. I used to have a “Magic Mirror“ that showed my calendar. From plants to lizards, we got lights on timers.
The other part is just planning.
We organize things by location and use, and work with each other. If she’s on a task, I have to let her think it out, or else she forgets stuff. If I’ve left something out and she doesn’t know if I’m done with it, she won’t put it away - lest I forget I was even working on something. We have a few free spaces in the house where we can ‘dump’ stuff - confined areas that visible though they don’t get lost/must be tended sometimes, so we can ADHD, without making out of control messes. We are intentional about where things live - if something gets put up and one of us can’t find it, we wind up with multiples of that item.
