ADHD here. Remembering things is a lost cause for me.
Instead, I lay physical “traps” for myself. Things in physical space that hinder my autopilot, snap me out of the trance, and give me a chance to reorient my focus into something more productive.
It’s not foolproof. Far from it. But it does help a lot.
Edit:
Just thought of another one I do: I have a phone casing that lets me keep cards in them. One of my credit cards go there, of course.
But the more important thing in there is my apartment access card. If I ever forget to bring my phone, I will only get as far as the security door outside before I realise I have to turn back.
No diagnosis here, but I do stuff like this.
I’ll be traveling, so I make a checklist of stuff I need to bring. But I need to make sure that on the morning of the trip, I re-check the checklist. So I put it with my keys the night before. I’m not gonna go out without my keys, so I will see the checklist.
I have such a hard time remembering to look a checklists, even putting it somewhere noticeable i seem to desensitize my eyes to it’s existance 2 days later
It sure takes conscious effort. My brain sees a list I’ve seen before and puts on a bloody perception filter
I do the same, and once I have the luggage, and backpack or whatever I count the number of “things” (2 luggage +backpack, three is it’s also a bottle and so on) to take around, and repeat the count everything I move through the trip…