Forgetting

I seem to be doing a lot of that lately; just forgetting stuff. I have left home without my keys twice in one week, which is something I very rarely do. I forgot my wallet today when I left work for lunch. At work, for what seems like the past month, I have to be reminded about things that I have promised to do. I’m only 41… So, I’m not that old.

It feels like my memory keeps getting jogged all the time. Such as, I asked where a co-worker was today, and then I was reminded that they were on vacation. Now, the second I was about to be told this information, in my mind, there flashed the image of the email that was sent out to the office last week stating that they would be out. It’s as if I’m one step behind.

As stated above, I’m not too old, so I must think this is being caused by other factors. The first is that I have not being sleeping well at all; kid-o, work stress, life stress, I need a vacation stress… But I went through other periods of stress and lack of sleep and didn’t forget things all the time…

Or did I, and now I have just forgotten about it…

That’s spooky…

Like the realization that I have never directly seen my face… it’s only been a reflection off of a mirror.

Anyway… I’m forgetting stuff all the time now.

I have had to write everything down, and I use the reminders in my phone. What this makes me feel like is that I am living off of a list all the time, and everything feels scheduled.

This could be what it is like to get older after all.