We’re done married, my husband can forget… so much. They take out the trash and forget to put a new bag in the bin. He lists the sales list, jumps into his car, and starts … without a sales list. He dropped the kids off at school and went to work, forgetting to say they chose to be car drivers, not bus drivers. This writing guides me.
To make matters worse, I too was not a victim. I made a habit of reading most of the time, sometimes even booking four times a day in different parts of the city. I was tired of arguing, tired of the frustrated friends I promised I would find time for, and the long-term ending and forgetting about my husbands.
One day, I realized. I saved three times, went to a birthday party, had lunch with my friends, and had dinner with my unconscious mother until the day of. When we got to my mom’s, we heard that she had left the grocery store and locked their keys in the house. Even so, my husband’s forgetfulness began to fade. He assured her that he had put her in our glass room, but when he suddenly struck the car, complaining that he knew she was somewhere, he was found empty. Finally, I jumped over the fence and learned how jimmy opens the window, tearing off my favorite skirt.
By the time we got home, we were lying in bed tired of the show that had become our life. I began to wonder if, in this age of professionalism, there was a magical program for families like us who had trouble adjusting our heads. Complete denial: I find that “there is a program for it,” and there are members of the program — I’m not one of them. (I still use the YouTube page on my phone!) However, users have downloaded more than 36 billion apps from Google Play and Apple App Store included only the first quarter of 2021. And I was about to be one of them.
After doing some research I found a few apps that allow everyone in the family (even babysitters) who have a cell phone to connect.
Another, so-called lines, it felt like a dream come true in our family. I hesitated, he didn’t, but we all tried. A week passed, and then two. Then something strange happened. Conflicts subsided. Forgetting is over. And we reserve a commitment once a day. And unless my husband forgot his phone (which, let’s face it, it would have been like forgetting his big toe), he wouldn’t have left another sales list. Soon, even my children were begging me to join in the occult.
This is not about a particular program. There are a number of family-friendly programs — and families of all kinds can benefit from those who support them. Cozi worked for us. But some do Notes and Our Home Praise yourself for a few things that make you feel good – and all three of them have free forms that meet your family’s needs and activities that work well and go well.
Whichever way you choose, you can benefit from things like a shopping list that everyone in your family (including children) can add, which is why the responsibility to deliver a carton without milk or eggs does not fall on just one person.
Likewise, the shared calendar, which is a good time to go back to school, is life-saving for us. Each member of the family can record what they did on one calendar that the whole family could see. You can set pre-arranged notifications before receiving a reminder in advance so that no one, especially a volunteer, will miss or forget.