Ah shit man, you eventually kinda get used to it. Life’s really about enjoying and experiencing the moment you’re in as best you can, as often as you can, as long as you’re able. If you can manage that, you’ll at least know you have savored those smudges in the rear-view. A piece of advice is to make sure you have devices to record and hold on to as much as you can, back things up always! Don’t be afraid/surprised if going back and seeing something you though you had lost completely in those records makes you feel strongly emotional.

Oh no.

This happens to me a tone, while lying in bed thinking over problems/topics from the day.

Thinking through something, gets distracted by a random thought; damn, what was I just thinking about??? Then I lay there for a bit feeling lost.

I had a really witty comment for this. It’ll come back to me in a second.

“why the fuck have I walked into this room?”

Goes back downstairs

“Oh yeah, I need to get the thingy mcbob”

Goes back upstairs

Goto line 1

This is so accurate. I also get the feeling that the memory is removed even faster if I cared in any way about it.

Dave. My mind is going. I can feel it. My mind is going.

Use Rust for memory safety

The best idea I’ve had in a month is lost like water in a desert as soon as something/someone interrupts me from jotting it down.

Nuh-uh, no way! I… think? 🤔

Wait that’s not a universal experience? I have ADD with no H and I experience this regularly but I thought most people had this