I love this article.

I can never decide whether I have a terrible memory or whether I just place a very high premium on maximizing my working memory. But, either way, I try to keep as much "to do" sort of knowledge out of my head as possible.

One of the main ways I do this is by ensuring everything goes in a logical place. I don't usually have to remember where I put things because I just ask myself, "Where would past me have put this?" and the answer is usually where it is.

Alas, I have a wife with ADHD, so my house is sort of like living in an Etch-a-Sketch where objects are randomly relocated when I'm not looking.

I’m one of those ADHD spouses and I WISH I got a consistent answer from my brain when I ask “where would I have put it”. Sometimes it’s because I temporarily put it down and then forgot it existed, but the rest of the time my brain is on a choose-your-own-adventure for organizational questions. At least, deep down, it annoys me just as much as my wife.

Most people would likely curl into a ball and cry if they had to interact with my computer desktop or file system organization, try as I might…