How to Stop Losing Things

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[HowtoADHD]

Oh well okay! I guess the chat closes automatically a few minutes after the video is over. Good to know. I'll keep answering q's for a bit here if you post a comment. Thanks everyone for coming and watching with me!!!

[sslayersxx]

Inner voice is important. After she found a "lost" thing, I told my kiddo: "You're great at finding things." She responded: no one has ever told me that before. Say it to your kids; say it to yourself!

[delaneyanderson]

If I can't find something after looking in several places, I will put it back in the first place I looked for it. That place was where I thought it should go. Helps me have good places for things

[LudmilaT.]

Someone was so distracted they accidentally hit dislike instead of like.

[irelyndhenry]

Ok random thought that might not even be helpful lol:
If you’re just THAT disorganized, like I am sometimes, maybe just have a designated room for things. I live in a house with 6 adhd brains (we drive my mom INSANE), and one rule we have is the remote NEVER leaves the family room. Every time someone takes it out of the room, it gets lost. If an item only needs to be used in one room, make mental lines and say, “when I step over this line, I can’t take x object with me.” It helps a lot.

[Vincisomething]

I'll end up putting things where they should go but I'll sometimes forget that I did, so there have been times where I thought something was lost when it wasn't.

[tporters]

Mindfulness is helping me. I seriously have to say in my mind, "I'm putting this here." about everything I put down. Except when I get distracted in the middle of putting something down... lol!

[Yamomma_]

I SERIOUSLY need this video. I was almost late this morning because I lost my keys when they were in my pocket and thought I forgot my phone even though I put it in my book bag. Thank you for everything, Jessica. My life has been significantly easier since I've found your channel.

[davidpeterson]

I wish everybody wore a label on their forehead. I can't remember names to save my life.

[kristinaellura]

Yeah, the coat closet thing, it is so hard to convince people that opening a closet is to much and the coat does need to be somewhere else

[marta]

"It is really hard to lose a wall." Hahahhaha
Is that a challenge? 😁😆

[jordanmccullough]

Tip: Since I’m a high school student, I have so many things that go in my backpack on a daily basis. Once I’m done with my homework (an eternity later), sometimes it just feels like too much to put my stuff back in my bag, so I put my backpack, folder, binder, school bullet journal (planner), etc. in a somewhat neatish pile on the floor of my room in front of the door so I can’t leave without it, and I put it all in my bag in the morning. This may not work for everyone, but it has worked for me really well, and I don’t have to force myself to put my stuff in my bag when it’s just too much mental energy to expend.

[Diogenes]

This is actually the perfect time. i just found my wallet and dont wanna be moneyless for a week again

[tenseventeenninty]

Saw the thumbnail, and thought it said "How to stop things" and thought "yes please"

[MrKeychange]

Not sure why this is, but sometimes watching a video helps validate work-arounds I've been using. Having a label to attach to a "work around" makes it a "thing I do", rather than a "quick fix" and I'm less likely to abandon it for something else. I'm really grateful for this channel and all the work that goes into it.

[horseenthusiast]

THIS IS AMAZING! One thing I'd also suggest is having open storage whenever you can. I used to never put my keys away bc they lived in a pot with a lid and the lid was inconvenient so I'd throw the keys wherever, and then I'd lose them. Now they live in an open container and they actually stay there!

[danieljohnson]

AWESOME!! I have a few designated "drop points" for my keys, wallet & cell phone. This has kept me from losing them for years! ... everything else on the other hand, is either lost or LITERALLY in my other hand... Thank you as always!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[witches]

Oh my God! Thank you! I love this ! It was exactly what I needed!
When people decide to "Help me out" and "clean my room for me" I'm lost for at least a day!
He doesn't get it! While he sees chaos, I know that my flashlight is somewhere between my bed and nightstand. After he "cleans" when I'm gone, I end up looking for things I at least have a general idea of where they usually are. But it takes hours to find them and if I just ask where he put it, he smirks and says he has no idea and the way to solve this problem is to put it "back where it belongs". He still thinks that my ADHD is a choice and I'm defiant. Now, all I need to do is completely go through everything I own and find a place for everything... That is what I've wanted to do but it does seem like a long process...I guess breaking it down and not thinking ahead to much might help! Thanks for reminding me I'm not a bad person, I really need that sometimes!

[viconmypc]

Ugh! Where were you when I was growing up?! 😂 I had to learn all these things by trial and error and heartache. 😩 Thankfully, I found you in time to use your channel to teach my youngest, who is also a severe ADHDer. He just graduated high school and is putting a lot of your tips to practice to help him do life a little better. 😃

Thank you for all you do! You've been a blessing to us! 🙏🏽

[adam-vmzj]

This is so accurate! Any thing has at least 2-3 "logical place" to go, and I always have the same feeling about unique passwords - it made sense at that point, but now?
My table is always clustered, but with stuff I use: 0-2 mugs, lots of post-it blocks, notes, pens and pencils, notes. While written notes are better to be placed on a cork-board to be visible and findable.
And the kind of obsession with containers of any sort - I love boxes, cases, notebooks, and it seems that having distinctly different ones help immensely. I lost my earphone part yesterday, and it was a surreal success that I knew where did I keep my spare ear parts! Or having a designated notebook / block of notepaper for things that are often needed in the same shape and form.
"Make a place for everything" is really a great advice :)