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Misplacing daily use items

Community LeaderMid
Mid

My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart.  Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot.  



Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.


Dumped purse for a THIRD time, found the missing keys. When I checked my shorts pocket for the missing keys, I found the missing debit card. 


Here's to success and recognizing that anxiety really does help in these cases...it alerts you to 'danger, danger, danger'.  A cool glass of water in this heat has helped me find the calm and comfort of all is well at the moment. 

arfie
arfie
when i have days like this, addressing the anxiety before i start searching for the missing items often eases the search process. i can work smarter instead of harder. i tend to make the messes worse when i start working harder. like a toddler trying to force a puzzle piece into the wrong spot.
MaryContrary
MaryContrary
I do this and sometimes it bothers me to just misplace or forget. But I have heard if you worry, you must be ok.
CaliforniaItalianlover
CaliforniaItalianlover
I left my debit card at Macy's the other day. They saw it on the counter and I got it back.

Forgot my sunglasses at Ulta Beauty. Girl reminded me to take them.

Misplaced my keys. Found them.

I would forget my head if it wasn't attached to me.lol

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adriasm
adriasm
Sometimes I think my anxiety makes me lose things and be absent minded. I’m distracted worrying about something else that I can’t remember if I did something or not or where I set my phone. Maybe time to play more brain games to stay sharp.
hasty_05
hasty_05
Oh, Mid, I must have bought my purse prescription reader glasses into the house. That is the good pair and I have another pair to use in the house that gets more beat up. So I was at a restaurant with a friend. Have not had social contact one on one in person in months. And I drove us and was so upset driving home but hid it from her. I came home and easily found the good pair that should have been in my purse. Some days are like this.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Arfie, that description is accurate. I didn't stop, pause...I just kept going and made things worse for clean up.
Mary. yes, worry means your brain is working.
CIL, the day just keeps on giving notice, success.
Adriasm, some days are like that, double check is normal for me when anxiety level is high aware.
Hasty, I've done that as well. I have a check list that I use every single time now and I've had the same issue with the reading glasses. Not being able to read the menu - I had to take a cell phone photo of the page to enlarge it enough so I could pick something from the section I was comfortable with. Here's to making it through that!
malibumark
malibumark
I take moments like these to alert me that I need rest. I need a lot of rest.
If I do not have enough. I start to drop things and basically I become like
a comedy of errors. What's helped me is a usual sleep schedule. A mindfulness too for creating places where I always place my keys and phone and wallet.
Stuff like that. I used to save all my receipts (which I still sort of do mostly) and write every purchase down to be mindful about expenses and so not overspend - but that's a tangent. I am sorry you were thrown off by this incidents....Tomorrow after a good night's rest your outlook will changes and hopefully you'll be refreshed! This too shall pass.
Keep on keeping on and hugs!
serenityspeaks
serenityspeaks
Glad you found them! I know when I lose stuff like that I get frazzled. I try to breathe and instead of looking start organizing and cleaning as I learned making more disarray never helps me lol
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Mark, I got even less sleep, so have been extra diligent today on everything. I have specific places for keys, wallet, phone, and other items. I just completely missed the key carbiner chain when putting key in. I missed putting the card in its container spot as I had to pull the gas pump line across the car to pump the gas in. I had to laugh at myself when I wrote it down to see what 'fear' started the 'roll'. Here's to refreshing sleep and keeping on keep on with hugs!
Serenity, that process sounds like a winner. I haven't gotten to the cleaning part up to the routine, but it will definitely help.
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