As humans, we can remember something and at the same time forget too. Forgetfulness is something that has happened to many of us in different ways and to some like myself, being forgetful has become a daily routine and has ruined a lot of things for me. I might remember something now and in the next minute forget about the same thing and it makes people around me wonder how it's so.
Sometimes, we might not bother about it especially when it doesn't have any effect on us but the ones that could disrupt something important for us, we get destabilised over it.
A time my sister forwarded a private school link to me that the application was ongoing and that I should apply. I left it aside hoping to apply later. The thing is, I kept remembering but I was calm because I thought there was still time. I was still serving and just remaining 3 months to round up. Eventually, I forgot, and for two weeks, imagine, I didn't even remember until my sister chatted me up to know what was up.
"How far with the link I sent to you. Were you able to apply for it?" She asked.
As I wanted to type, "Which link?" It dawned on me that I'd forgotten about applying for a job until after 2 weeks. I wanted to slap myself in the face but couldn't. I had to lie to her and said, "I did but haven't gotten any response from them." I know my sister and how she would react if she knew I didn't apply for it. I had to keep it from her but I couldn't forgive myself for it. I allowed myself to miss out on an opportunity.
It pained me so much because I felt I wasn't putting too much effort in my job hunting and here was my sister doing her best to talk to people on my behalf. According to her, her friend sent the link to her for me to apply on time so I could have a chance of being employed but it was my procrastination that made me forget it.
It's true forgetfulness is part of human beings because we aren't perfect but it doesn't mean we should make that an excuse or shouldn't work on ourselves. To me, forgetfulness has gone deep in me and it has gotten out of control and I am always working on myself to prevent it from happening often.
I could be staring at something and my mind telling me to do it now and once my mind is shifted to something else, I may remember that thing after a few days, mostly after weeks just like the above scenario.
I can remember another time I was travelling to another city to complete my relocation process. As a new corper then, I was told not to go to the secretariat without my complete corper's uniform. I'd boarded this bus and already drove over thirty minutes when I realised I'd forgotten to take my cap.
It was like I should bite myself in the bus and it wasn't something I could get down to go back home. The worst part was how I was staring at the cap on the bed and my mind telling me to pick it up and put it in my bag but at that time, I was busy doing simple make-up and assured myself of picking it up once I was done.
After the make-up, I got on something else, minutes later, my eyes went to the cap again and in my mind, I was like, "I might forget this cap" but something distracted me again and boom, I forgot and didn't even remember while walking towards the main road. The bus got delayed with passengers, still, I didn't remember until the bus had gone far, then I remembered. It pained me but thank God I wasn't stopped at the gate till I finished all I needed to do.
Something I do now which isn't every time is to make sure I jot down whatever I need to do to be reminded to get on it on time. Like in the case of when I was travelling a few days ago. I'd jotted down every item I needed to pack in my bag the previous night and was only ticking them off when I had packed them. I would say this was the trip I had gone on without forgetting anything.
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