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My limitless desire for information always gets hindered by my very limited memory.

There's nothing like the ADHD experience of going to google something and immediately forgetting what you were going to search so you have to look through your recent apps to find whatever triggered the thought, but then get distracted in the apps, then just rinse and repeat.😩

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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 9 months ago (3 children)

One trick I use for that is to say it out loud, so I can access it in my echoic memory. Echoic memory doesn’t last very long, but sometimes long enough!

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When I need to remember a string of numbers... Yup just repeat it to myself over and over or I'll forget within a minute lol

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Occasionally, I find that I screw up the order of the numbers at some point between reading them and using them, then I'm just repeating a bunch of meaningless digits to myself for no reason.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Don't remind me, I have to try really really hard to make sure they're still in the right order if it's more then like 5 numbers

[–] CucumberFetish@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I feel you, but the rest of the office be like

https://imgflip.com/i/8djhtf

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's the beautiful thing... you get to enjoy learning something then you'll forget it and get to enjoy learning it again!

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A lot of the time, I start the re-learning process, only for my long-term memory to kick-in halfway through, and then I get annoyed because I "oh, I've read all of this before, it's boring now"

[–] CucumberFetish@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

You know the next sentence, but you don't understand the concept. You're bored of the familiar text, so you skip a few sentences, find out they are completely foreign, go back, realize you forgot the context or to actually read so you end up re reading the whole paragraph. But this time, the effort to concentrate takes the soul out of your body. And that's how you spend a full workday reading a one page document, while feeling burnt out.

And I'm not working again....

[–] brillotti@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

You could try something like Obsidian to use as a second brain for storing information for later reference.

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This what I use! I've been using Obsidian for years now! There is something really nice about taking notes on a book and then always having those notes available. It's even better for school since a lot of stuff is repeatedly covered in classes.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As much as I'd love to get into obsidian, it being non-open source and having a restrictive license makes it unavailable for me. I would love to use it to keep track of information for work but the license prohibits that without a subscription.

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Logseq might be more up your alley then. I don't think it has a license like Obsidian does.

[–] Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

I tried that one but I just couldn't get used to it due to its bullet point nature

[–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

still wishing for a FOS alternative that's just as good : (

[–] curioushuman@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I got ya. Try Anytype (https://anytype.io/).

(not affiliated, just a fan)

[–] Murdoc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

This looks exciting! Big learning curve though...

[–] Schorsch@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

What's the difference between Logseq and Anytype? And how do both compare to Joplin?

So far I have been using Logseq and find it good but a little too complicated and somehow bland.

[–] Jackinopolis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I am using logSec, which has a lot of the same features and is Foss. I am primarily using the mobile app; and my mine gripe is not being able to drag around the nodes in the graph. Think it works fine in the desktop version.

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Been using it for years but now trapped in a constant state of trying to improve the organization. Every time I think I’ve got it structured logically, I find some way I could have done better.

[–] Desmond373@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago

I've been doing tags on files in a single folder. Ever note in the same folder. Notes get catagory tags. Doesnt match a catagory? New catagory. Its very simple and doesnt side track me with organisation as much