Where the frick did I put my pill box?

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I have a serious problem of putting things down and never again being able to find them or find them a few months, years down the road. I usually deal with this by making sure I put things back to where I "know" they belong, but sometimes I get so hung up on doing a specific task, I forget to even do that

Anyone have a problem like this and have a solid way of dealing? or do you just go out a buy a new one, like what I'm about to do!

I know exactly what you mean. I'm still looking for a little portable printer I set down somewhere in my house while I was on the phone with my boyfriend two weeks ago.

I have done that so many times. Now that I have mone, buying a new one is my solution. When I had far less money, tearing my apartment apart and searching everywhere was my solution. Of course back then I lived in a small apartment and didn't have very much stuff to look through, so I generally found it.

My motto to live by at home is "A place for everything and everything in its place". You already do that and it is the most practical approach. But it is no help when you put something down in the wrong place because you were busy doing something else.

If buying a new one is impractical (for instance, if it is keys) what I do is retrace my steps. I re-do everything I just did but in reverse order until I come to the place (in time and space) where I put the object down. Sometimes this actually works.

There is an upside to all this. You get the thrill of discovering "buried treasure" off in the future. Some day you will be going about your business and you will open a drawer/happen to glance in the correct corner/step on something uncomfortable and you will look and there your pill box will be. Sometimes years go by before I stumble across the lost item. But it is always a fun little thrill to re-discover it and solve the mystery of where it went.

Well.... I went home for lunch one time, unlocked the door, put my keys somewhere ... rode my bike back to work and didn't have my keys.

That was 10 or more years ago. I retraced my steps & bike ride a few times (well, they didn't fire me, so retraced every day after that for years, actually). I looked everywhere, never found them. It had a ton of work keys that all had to be remade, too.

Last summer I sold that house and took everything out of it, thinking I'd finally find them but nope, the mystery remains.

Standardized places for everything, and backups for all the important things. My house key has three backup copies, for example. I have an extra calculator, several extra pairs of tennis shoes, extra pairs of gloves, etc. The backups have standardized places, too.

Mostly, I cope with my internal disorganization by being ultra-organized externally. It takes extra time, but it does work.

haha, I do the backup thing too. Every coat has a pair of gloves, I have backups of my car keys, my house key to access my backup car keys, Hats, etc... I also carry extra gum, deodorant, pens, paper, yadda-yadda. One of each in my car, my work bag, my house.

Had a backup pill box, but lost that one a couple of months ago - lol

I used to have a big problem with this. I tether my keys to my belt loop. I still have to help my mum look for lost keys as I have a knack for finding lost items. I have a notice board where I stick my concert tickets and interview reminders. My purse is either in a bag or in a area where I can see it. Everything that I usually need is on the right side of my computer desk, closest to my bed.
I still lose things and turn my room upside down looking for them and still can't find them, until 5 months later when I've forgotten about them.

As for my pillbox I have a pill library, on a shelf on my computer desk. All the pills I usually have sit up there. Even though I'm not on meds anymore I still have empty boxes up there.

I do the same thing but don't know of a way to deal with it. I've tried the "putting everything back in it's place" solution but I'm just so forgetful that I either forget to put it back of forget where it came from so I CAN'T put it back. I remember once finding a pair of my glasses in a toolbox 2 years after I lost them. I have no idea how they got there.

I lost my wallet in my house 6 months ago........still haven't found it.

Mics

Backups. That's a really good idea. I hadn't made it a policy because I didn't want to spend all that money up front. But I suppose if I wind up buying replacements after the loss, I might as well buy replacements before the loss and save myself some stress. Car keys can be 50$ to replace (because they have a computer chip and have to be set) so I've hesitated to plunk down 100$-200$ for backups, but it's probably a good idea. I'll wind up spending the money anyway and I'll be all stressed out because I can't use my car until after the key is made. Spending the money now will save me at some unknown point in the future.

Actually, for car keys, it usually is cheaper to get them in advance, as the programming is cheaper when you have two functioning keys. (most cars take two functioning keys, and program easily, while if you don't have two functioning keys, you need a locksmith or a dealer to program the car with a computer, and they charge lots more.)