Do not try to memorize your shopping list, that is a trap. There are too many distractions in the store and you will not think of the thing you need most

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've gone specifically for milk, one item lists are pretty easy to memorize. The problem is coming back home with only one item.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 9 points 10 months ago

I have ended up with a bag of food and no milk and had to go back.

I have to list, even for one item.

[–] Wxfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

100% this, my wife makes a menu for the week on Monday then creates a list from that in Apple Reminders that I use to shop from. She knows if it isn’t on the list it isn't going to be in the bag I bring home. Even hand writing a list is better than trying to memorize one, anything to take that mental load off in a place designed to make you over buy on stuff you don’t need will help.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's always bacon though

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Who the fuck uses a memorized list in the era of smart phones?

I have lists of lists!

On a pragmatic note: Anylist is a cross platform app (Web, Windows, iOS, Android) that syncs instantly.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 9 points 10 months ago

Me, about once a month. "It's only 3 things, not worth writing down, I've got this"

Narrator: he didn't got this.

[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

I also use Anylist, its great for my partner and i to both add things to. I have added custom categories and named them after each aisle name and what items are there for my regular grocery store. So as i work down the list i am moving along the store and there is very minimal backtracking or going down aisles i dont need to. It has both streamlined my grocery shopping and also cut down on impulse buying crap.

[–] Junkers_Klunker@feddit.dk 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I actually like doing laundry as long as I can listen to a podcast while doing it, it’s the perfect amount of stimulation for my brain to not completely wander off.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 3 points 10 months ago

I like loading the machine and letting it do its job.

I loathe unloading and folding and putting shit away neatly.

[–] ICCrawler@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

C actually gets done pretty often because I'd starve otherwise. Also, no car means I can only buy as much food at once as I can carry back home.

[–] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

E) smoke a fat doobie and watch a documentary about people crossing an ocean on a Raft

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

I managed to make myself a nice breakfast. As a reward I took a moderate amount of LSD and am about to indulge in some weed.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

I already did a load of laundry today! Where's my million dollars??

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll take the mail. 50/50 shot I can address it now and toss it. All others are impossible.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 3 points 10 months ago

This is reminding me - I need to pay the bill from my psychiatrist. But they're closed right now... Can someone repost this tomorrow during business hours, maybe I'll see it then?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorting mail sounds like a task from another age.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You wrote "task" but you meant "torture technique", right?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know because I've never done it but it doesn't sound that bad

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

It's one of those "tasks" that's actually a dozen smaller tasks in a trenchcoat and also they're having an orgy in there and occasionally pop out new baby tasks that grow at an alarming rate.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll take the mail. We hardly ever get any, I always enjoy it when we have some items in the mail to sort.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Whenever I think about not having checked the mail in a while, I get paranoid about possibly missing an important tax form or something. Like the letter will say, "Please reply by {some day a months ago}" and it's some important shit I forgot about. Makes me run to the box.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A is the only one that's actually a simple task.

[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You have to take it out and put it on the drying rack too.

Also, the drying rack is already full.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it helps if you break "sort the laundry" and "fold the laundry" into separate tasks from "wash the laundry"

though it is NOT helpful to split "dry the laundry" off, you gotta do that right away

[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

"Match socks" is an impossible task. Problem deferred to a later time. Ticket closed.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I can do all that perfectly well. Sitting still is tough but can do it when I meditate.

[–] disgrunty@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Anything but the thing I really need to do.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Jokes on you, there's no time limit. I'll do laundry. Eventually.