Lost an item of some importance...?

Question

i've filed away a rather important document in the house. Have suffered a senior moment and cant recall where i've put it. Any easy way you folks have found something mislaid? Like a tick off plan or just a good sit down and think scheme? All answers gladly appreciated.

Answer 1

Try this as suggested to me by a very smart person. This technique can be used for remembering forgotten names, places, or anything else. Wherever you put this document has a name, like file cabinet , dresser drawer, end table or whatever. Somewhere in your brain there is knowledge where you put it. Here is what you do. while being relaxed in your chair let your mind relax about your problem. Do not try to think of where you left it. Then slowly in your mind say the letter "A" then " B"

"D" Etc. The idea is that when you mentally say to yourself the letter of the name as to where you put it your brain will fill in the rest of the word. For instance, "A', "B", "C", "D", That's it, Dresser

This is very good for names also.

good luck

Answer 2

With paperwork it always comes down to remembering the last place I remember seeing it. Sometimes I leave it in a bag I took to a doctor appointment, brought it home but forgot to empty the bag and put the papers away. I also have a couple of small piles of paperwork laying around, things I wasn't ready to file but did not want to lose it so it is in plain sight.



So I calmly go through the paperwork knowing that if it was lost recently then it is probably close to the top. Once I do find it I go ahead and make up a file and label it so that I will be able to find it in the future

Answer 3

Years ago, we had a teacher's aide at school, a dear little lady with a lot of old-fashioned notions. One day, I had mislaid our only copy of a list of test scores and, after turning the office upside down, I still couldn't find it. I was getting frantic.



Mrs. Peacock came through the office to say hello, and seeing how stressed I was, she told me I needed the assistance of St. Anthony, finder of lost objects, and that I should call upon him, "Dear Saint Anthony, look around. Where can (the missing item) now be found?" Of course, I thought that was silly. As she left the office, she said, "I wish you would try it, dear. What have you got to lose?"



So, okay, I tried it. Less than 5 minutes later, I knew right where the missing paper was. I found it in a stack of immunization records next to my computer. Since then, I've asked St. Anthony for help many times. I don't know how or why, but it works for me. What have you got to lose?

Answer 4

I have always found that re-tracing my steps, and replicating my movements exactly, usually results in that Eureka moment when I realise where I left something.



Failing that, sit down and think of something else completely. Pick up a book and start reading. Then it will suddenly come to you.



If that fails, don't lose anything in the first place.

Answer 5

I forgot where I put my passport. Got accepted for a job and was told to bring 2 forms of ID...they didn't say what kinds of ID so I brought my driver's license, SS card and retiree photo ID card. They wouldn't accept the retiree card or SS card and handed out a list of what they would accept which passport was on the list. I went back home and looked in my drawer, it wasn't there and dug around several places before finding it locked in my suitcase. That took nearly 30 minutes. I asked the job trainer why they didn't tell us what was acceptable forms of ID and she said it was against corporate policy to do so. How rude.

Answer 6

nothing is ever lost....get the idea of senior moments out of your mind & instead tell yourself that you know everything. If you can relax it is amazing how you will get a feeling to to something & there it will be. I remember many years ago I used to use this method & something was missing like a basebase glove & we have to go so we needed to find it quick.



I got a feeling to walk over to the bar stools that were in my family room in the basement. The were like chairs with backs on them so I could only see the backs. I looked on the seat of one & there was the glove. Someone put it on there then tidying up pushed the chair around & didn't notice the glove. So it was not possible for us to see it but intuition led me there. I have used this often.



A few weeks ago this method wasn't working or I was getting in it's way it will work unless we won't let go. I felt so bad. I asked a question here & got such lovely answers from people. I felt loved by the kind responses I recieved. It might not seem like a big deal but I was remembering when my son would be missing & I would go out looking for him driving & searching & not knowing if I's see him again.



So this feeling was torture for me. We carry our feelings until we can heal them. So what are your feeling right now. I felt I had now control. I prayed & felt my prayers weren't being answered. So I felt unloved & punished & frustrated.



The people here reminded me of what it felt like to be loved & supported & cared for & connected. I was frustrated but knew they could pray for me when I felt I wasn't good enough. So I was able to get the feelings that I had been lacking. Then I went into my office after thinking I looked everwhere & I picked up a box that had my missing articles.



I went back to link that question here so you could see the answers I got & I just saw that it was deleted. That was sad cause it was beautiful & helpful & worthy of being here so you could read it but someone had it deleted. You will find what you are looking for. If you pray or want pray take care of that. If you meditate do that. If you can find something else to distract you & bring you joy do that.



I would ask myself where I would find this in the future cause it could be that you need to keep it in one place & be more organized. I am making up an index so that anyone can come into my house & look at the index & know where to find anything. I know that is obsessive but I like it. So it is better to lose something & find it & then have it easy to find later when it needs to be found quicker so hopefully you are able to find it now & improve your ability to find every better in the future. Please let us know when you find it.

Answer 7

retrace my steps and then think of the most unlikely place I could have placed it. there was a picture in a frame which I couldn't find and was very upset so I tore the whole apartment apart. then for some reason closed the curtains and there it was hanging on the wall. needless to say I was glad to find it but had to straighten up the entire apartment.

Answer 8

Retracing steps.



Think about what you did before you filed away the document... then trace your steps to where you did put the document.



Search everywhere where you think you would put something important.



Search for something else.



Search everywhere (last resort).

Answer 9

I hope you find it soon.



Once you do, you need to see that this doesn't happen again. I have a safe the size of a refrigerator where I keep all important documents, my guns, pictures, extra cash, and anything else of importance to me. It's fireproof.

Answer 10

I normally start in once corner of each room and tidy thoroughly until i get out of each room. This way i end up with a clean house and on the way normally have a sudden memory of where it is!!!

Answer 11

I just go through all the places i think it might be. First of all, I try NOT to visualize it in my head because nine times out of ten it doesn't really look like I visualize it. That doesn't really apply to paperwork, I guess.



I go room by room.

Answer 12

Pray to St. Anthony. He'll help you find it.



I thought it sounded silly too, until I lost the cap to the gas can for my mower. After an hour of scouring the ground, the wife came out, said her prayer, I looked down, and there it lay!



Ok, she was right once..

Answer 13

Sorry, I am much like Thomas ... I must rely on the instincts of my wife to seek out my missing items in the house.

Answer 14

Sorry can not help!, when that moment arrives I ask my Missus, and if she does not know, it will never be found........

Answer 15

Getting drunk