I may have gone through a phase of this until I realize how futile it was

Now it's either full sentences, or nothing again.

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MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 26 pts · 1y

5th grade teacher: Watch this short documentary on MLK and take notes.

Me: takes notes

Teacher: Now write an essay using your notes.

Me looking at my notes:

Things never improved.

FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Is... this.. a... bitcoin recovery pass.... wtf?

Nfamwap@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

I use acronyms to similar effect.

For example, when writing a shopping list.

And then I'm in the supermarket wondering what the fuck KR, IC and SS are?

Asafum@feddit.nl · 9 pts · 1y

I've absolutely done this... I put a tag on my bag I bring to work that just says "dumbass!" If I need to remember to take something with me or do something after work.

Sometimes I'm just like "yeah... Dumbass... What thing were you supposed to do, dumbass?" Lol

devfuuu@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

I've learned over the years at school and everything afterwards that notes are basically write-only. No point trying to decipher them afterwards.

Vitaly@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Today while entering my bathroom I was repeating the word toothpaste to not forget what I came for lol

BenLeMan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Just don't let your brain trick you with the old switcheroo. I would be tickled by the thought that tooth paste sounds like fool's haste and before I know it I'm repeating that. Until I stop suddenly, scratching my head and wondering what I was trying to achieve in the first place.

ochi_chernye@startrek.website · 5 pts · 1y

Only tangentially related, but when I was a kid I'd write stream-of-consciousness type stuff in a "code" consisting of the first letter of every word. Whenever I run across one of my old notebooks, I spend some time trying to decipher it, generally without much luck. Sometimes it'll spark a bit of remembrance, like dipping madeleines in tea.

introvertcatto@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Not diagnosed with ADHD but I do the same!

Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

I get around this by being unable to read my own writing

tagginator@utter.online · 0 pts · 1y
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