MY NEWBIE IS SHOWING

BC: Hardest Part of a Day

What is the most difficult task for you in living your life--day to day, or if you wish, in general?





I don't even have to think about it, the most difficult task is remembering. I don't have a thyroid, so my memory is hit or miss. I have to write everything down. I cannot go shopping without a list. I cannot leave anything at my job without writing it down. I have to keep a running log of everything I do in a day, everyone who calls, everyone I call, the people I see, simply everything. If I do not keep an abnormally long list, things will be missed, as was proven with my boss's birthday planning. Disaster!





It's a bit funny that I started the list because my boss asked me what I did all day, so I told him. When I got done with that day, I went to the day before, and kept going back, etc. A couple days later he saw my recordings and asked me why I did that. I said, "So that when you ask me what I do all day, I can tell you." And we have had to use my log a couple of critical times. He came to me and asked if a certain letter went out. I said no, it was still in draft. So after that, I put in copy/file/mail/fax/scan/email or whatever combination it was of the mail/email/faxing that was done. Oh, yea, it gets that deep where I work.





Now in my younger days, I could remember just about everything for months. No man could lie to me because I could spit it back verbatim. Now the tables have been flipped. Anyone can tell me what I said or didn't say and I can't contradict because I really don't remember. For a girl who does not like to apologize, this is a very humbling condition.