Does this mean I&#39;m becoming a Senior? Or do young people do this too?

@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

Now that made me laugh right there. I can see Granny in her jet propelled staircase elevator. The Great-grand-kids will go "Me too! Me too!" and they'll amuse themselves all afternoon while the adults between 25 and 75 just shake their heads.

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

@pgntwo Heh heh.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

15 May 16

Down the rabbit-hole, to emerge at some point later hungry and wondering why...? Yeah.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

15 May 16

@TheHorse That's what the refrigerator and Post-It Notes are for. And bright spark has taken the idea and applied it to project management, now known as the Scrum Kanban Board...

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

I actually made it out of the kitchen just now with nothing more than cup of coffee (mostly milk) in my hand.

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

@pgntwo I like it. My equivalent I send myself emails. Oh snap. I have two progress notes to do after I'm done with these exams!

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Gina

@Gina145 (3949)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

15 May 16

I recently read an article about how going through the door from one room to another makes one forget things. I don't think that age came into the discussion.

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Gina

@Gina145 (3949)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

16 May 16

@TheHorse I wish I could find the article, but it's a few weeks since I read it. Now I can't remember quite how they came to that conclusion.

@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

That's interesting--I hadn't heard that!

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458179)

• Switzerland

16 May 16

I am worse than that. I rush to one room and the time to get there I forgot why I was going there.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458179)

• Switzerland

17 May 16

@TheHorse

I know, this is a method that not always works.

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

Heh heh. Sometimes I repeat words in my head. "Get yogurt. Get yogurt." I still might come out with a cup of coffee instead.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

17 May 16

@TheHorse List, lists, write lists. I use pretty colorful 3 x 5 cards for my daily reminders.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

15 May 16

we all do this.We have so much on our mind.Where do start first.Not yet there.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111948)

• United States

15 May 16

@TheHorse One thing at a time?

@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

Just now, I glued a piece of veneer down on the speaker (shown) that I'm restoring. After playing on MyLot for a few minutes, I'm going to get back to the exams I'm grading. I THINK I can do it without getting distracted.

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

15 May 16

I'm definitely not a younger myLotter. That means I know exactly what you're talking about. I may go into a room and then stand there looking around trying to remember the reason why I went there. Leaving my keys somewhere and then forgetting them has accompanied for decades, though!

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

My friend Jeff, from my Glad School days, always lost his keys. He was in his early 30s then. He's still doing fine at 60 or so. I'm sure he still misplaces his keys, though.

ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

17 May 16

Okay. This is a fun subject, and people like to blame these things on getting older, but... studies show that it has nothing to do with age. It has to do with having too many things going on in our lives at any one moment. It's like mental juggling, of course we're going to drop something.

celticeagle

@celticeagle (159058)

• Boise, Idaho

15 May 16

I think we all do that from time to time. Hope you don't forget A.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (159058)

• Boise, Idaho

17 May 16

@TheHorse ....That is a good feeling isn't it?

@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

So far, I've been pretty productive this morning. Remembering most of my As.

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renitaperrone

@renitaperrone (547)

• United States

15 May 16

haha! Well, since you didn't give your age, I don't know if I'm younger or older! (I'll be 51 next month) But I do things like that often. I think it's not as much age for me as it is this "busy" lifestyle" most of us have now - being bombarded with so much stimuli all the time is, in my opinion, making ADD more of an issue. That and having more things on our minds because we are older and have more to do.

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renitaperrone

@renitaperrone (547)

• United States

16 May 16

@TheHorse I sometimes ever wonder if I can focus on just one thing at a time again! Although I still get practice at that occasionally when my daughters (who I homeschool) need help on math. That taxes my brain!!

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

I'm a touch older than you. Some of my older (in their 60s) friends are retired, and they focus on one thing. Or two or three. One of my band leaders is retired (he was a lawyer). And he sometimes forgets that many of us are still working two or three jobs.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

17 May 16

@renitaperrone I have always juggled several things at a time. Once my father asked, "Aren't you ever going to stop doing fifteen things at once?" Sure, Dad. I cut back to about five projects at a time. This number keeps me from getting bored.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (48442)

• Canada

15 May 16

I think that we all get side-tracked on occasion. My favorite is when I go into a room to get something, and then forget what I went in there for.

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Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (48442)

• Canada

15 May 16

@TheHorse I'm not the only one who does that, isn't that a terrible feeling when you cannot remember where you were going with the story?

@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

That sounds like it's pretty common! And then there's the verbal equivalent. Telling a story, hitting a tangent, and then forgetting where the original story was going.

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Marlina

@marlina (154166)

• Canada

15 May 16

Not being a younger MyLotter, I do forget sometimes why I went where.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

15 May 16

I've just written the same in my comment! :-)

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

That seems to be the most common "forgetful moment." Right now, I hear my kettle shrieking at me from the kitchen. Let see if I make it in there without getting distracted along the way.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 May 16

Yes, you are spared as you remembered why you went there in the first place

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

Heh. Why did I come back to my desk just now?

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

16 May 16

@TheHorse

Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

16 May 16

ha ha ha - you probably are - but dont fret, everyone here, even they younger ones are aging as we speak!

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

16 May 16

@TheHorse thats the bonus of aging daily

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

Eeeh--good point. I'm older than I was yesterday. But am I wiser?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325809)

• Rockingham, Australia

16 May 16

It's when C, D and sometimes even F start coming into the picture that you need to start worrying.

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

Lemme go check and see how many reminder emails I've written to myself this morning.

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Anna Davenport

@AnnaAutopsy (705)

• United States

15 May 16

I would have to say no, this does not mean that you are becoming a Senior. I am turning 19 in June and I do this ALL of the time. If you are becoming a Senior then I guess I am becoming one at a fairly early age. Lol. I think a lot of people do this, and sometimes without even realizing it. This would actually be the reason I can't clean very well because I'll start on A, get sidetracked by B and then be suck in-between. It's normal for any age, I believe :)

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

Cleaning is not my specialty. I sometimes have A, B, C and D going at the same time.

Anna Davenport

@AnnaAutopsy (705)

• United States

15 May 16

@TheHorse Exactly! It makes me feel bad though because even though I make progress, I see nothing being done. It's insane!

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157551)

• United States

16 May 16

I believe I am older than you. I have always been able to think of things faster than I can do them.

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

That's when I start sending emails to myself.

suziecat7

@suziecat7 (3350)

• Asheville, North Carolina

15 May 16

Well, I'm not young so I do have those senior moments :))

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

I think I've been pretty good for the rest of the day today.

Joanie

@Freelanzer (10745)

• Canada

15 May 16

From an older Mylotter - always. I find it happens most often when I leave one part of the house to got to another for something.

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

15 May 16

Sometimes it happens to me online. Like I'll log on to MyLot to leave some comments, see I have an email, read the email, then check baseball scores, then forget why I came to my computer in the first place.

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Anne Johnston

@AnneEJ (4917)

• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec

16 May 16

I am a Senior and this happens to me a lot.

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

If I can hold at this level, I'll be happy. I love talking to my Auntie in NY on the phone. She's 93 and still has all her marbles.

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Anne Johnston

@AnneEJ (4917)

• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec

16 May 16

@TheHorse My mom still had a very sharp mind right up until she passed away at 90.

minisam

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

15 May 16

This happens when you are multi tasking but as you say,age can also make people forgetful

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@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

Oh snap. I still have about five exams to grade and two progress notes to write. I want to cycle and shower before heading to a friend's party this evening. I have tomorrow's class already "prepped."

@TheHorse (205772)

• Walnut Creek, California

16 May 16

@miniam All I still have to do is those two progress notes. But after class, I'll have more papers to grade.

minisam

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

16 May 16

@TheHorse Dont worry,you will sure manage,those are not too many tasks lol

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No One

@Chellezhere (5363)

• United States

16 May 16

I put the coffee in the coffee maker, set it to brew, took the mug out of the cabinet, placed it onto the counter in front of the microwave, and left the kitchen to go do something else while the coffee brewed. A few minutes later, I walked back into the kitchen, picked up the mug and wondered why there wasn't any coffee in it. Figuring that I must have decided to have tea instead, I opened the microwave. Nothing was in there either. That's when I finally realized that there was coffee in the coffee pot.

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