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Comment author: Elo 31 July 2015 04:52:46AM *  4 points [-]

I travelled to a different city for a period of a few days and realised I should actively avoid trying to gather geographical information (above a rough sense) to free up my brain space for more important things. Then I realised I should do that near home as well.

Two part question:-

  1. What do you outsource that is common and uncommon among people that you know?
  2. What should you be avoiding keeping in your brain that you currently are? (some examples might be birthdays, what day of the week it is, city-map-location, schedules/calendars, task lists, shopping lists)

And while we are at it: What automated systems have you set up?

Comment author: Romashka 03 August 2015 05:44:26PM 1 point [-]

Dunno about that; in my case information is either worth knowing (like 'what poplar tree marks the turn left to Epipactis palustris' - ideally outsourced to a map, but I would just get confused, or 'what kind of porridge to cook tonight given the kid rejected x, y and z' - ideally outsourced to a notebook, but there are too many details to bother with it) or worth losing.

When I am ill, though, I outsource my meds list to the fridge door. (Recipes and shopping lists, too, occasionally.)

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