HOW NOT TO FORGET ANYTHING IN LIFE?

HOW NOT TO FORGET ANYTHING IN LIFE? DON’T TRY TO

REMEMBER IT. ATTACH IT TO SOMETHING YOU ALREADY DO.

How Linking Important Actions to Your Existing Daily Routines Can Turn

Remembering from an Effort into a Habit “Oh! I forgot.” “It was so important.”

“Please remind me.” “I had decided to do it, but it completely slipped

from my mind.” We say these things all the time. But what if the problem is

not always your memory? What if the problem is that the important action

had no address in your life? Inspired by a simple incident involving his

wife’s misplaced wardrobe keys, Dr. Abhishek Gilara explores a powerful

idea:

Do not depend only on remembering a new action. Attach it to something you already do reliably. Morning coffee can become

a trigger. A workout can become a trigger. Entering the office can become a trigger. Lunch can become a trigger. Bedtime can

become a trigger. A fixed place can remember where an object belongs. A calendar can remember an appointment. A checklist

can remember a process. And an established routine can help carry a new behaviour until repetition makes it increasingly

familiar. Through everyday observations, business systems, fitness discipline, spirituality, mentorship and personal routines,

this book explores how to turn good intentions into reliable actions. Because the objective is not to carry more and more

reminders inside your head. It is to create a life in which what matters has a place. Give the object a home. Give the task a

system. Give the commitment a reminder. Give the new behaviour an old routine. Give everything important an address. Then

repeat. Until what once required remembering becomes part of your rhythm. First the routine reminds you. Then the new

action becomes routine. And eventually, you stop trying to remember it—because it has become part of how you live.