Monday, January 13, 2020
It distresses me when I think I did a task only to find out later I did not do it after all. That is how my morning started. I got up extra early today because my older daughter, who usually gets me out of bed in the morning, has jury duty, so my significant other, Donald, got me up this morning and he starts his regular job very early. (It is 6:30 a.m. right now and I have already worked for more than an hour.)
When I rolled up to my computer this morning, I noticed the automobile insurance statement Donald had given me Friday or Saturday to pay still sitting on my table waiting for me to schedule the payment. I did that task right away so I would not forget to do it again. That was not the task I was sure I had done; the insurance statement simply shows how easy it is for me to get distracted and forget to do simple tasks.
This morning at 6:02 a.m. it occurred to me that my seven-year-old’s, Mika, Monday morning video on her YouTube channel would be public now and I could get the embed code and schedule a blog post on her website. I went to Mika’s YouTube page and the video was not there. I was freaking out. I uploaded that video on Friday when I went to chemotherapy treatment. I added all the tags, text, and scheduled the video when I returned from my treatment. I remember doing it.
Some of Mika’s videos take a long time to upload to YouTube and slow down the Internet for everyone in the house, so I try to upload her long videos when everyone else is gone and I can work offline. This morning, as I was searching for evidence I am not crazy, I noticed I did not have a custom thumbnail created for today’s video. I upload all of Mika’s public videos with a custom thumbnail and that piece of evidence snapped my memory back on track.
The video I uploaded Friday was for MY YouTube channel. It was a video of one of my friends reading one of my journal posts. My plan was to upload Mika’s video on Saturday during the time the community service group was helping me clear out my shed because Mika and her dad would be gone. I obviously forgot to upload the video in the excitement of everyone arriving and getting started.
So here I am, uploading Mika’s video that will not be done until a little after 8:00 a.m. The positive part is that I am not crazy; I did upload a video Friday. The not-so-positive part is that my short-term memory is mostly useless. I miss my memory. Do not get me wrong; I have never had a great memory. Donald could probably tell you every movie we saw together in a theater during the past 32 years. I remember seeing Independence Day, The Lord of the Rings, and a few superhero movies.
I have always released information from my brain I do not currently need. I could not tell you details of any of those movies I remember seeing. Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum kill aliens in Independence Day, that is the only detail I need to remember. When I watch the movie again a few years later, it is almost like watching it for the first time.
Unfortunately, now I am releasing information I do still need. Forgetting to upload Mika’s video is not a big deal. I am the only one who knows I want her videos to go public at 6:00 a.m. on their scheduled days. Mika does not have a big following yet so two and one-half hours will not likely annoy her 24 subscribers, most of which do not watch all her videos anyway.
My piece of advice to you is to write down your appointments and important tasks if you need to. Fortunately, I do not need a reminder to go wake up Mika and get her ready for school, yet.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
It distresses me when I think I did a task only to find out later I did not do it after all. That is how my morning started. I got up extra early today because my older daughter, who usually gets me out of bed in the morning, has jury duty, so my significant other, Donald, got me up this morning and he starts his regular job very early. (It is 6:30 a.m. right now and I have already worked for more than an hour.)
When I rolled up to my computer this morning, I noticed the automobile insurance statement Donald had given me Friday or Saturday to pay still sitting on my table waiting for me to schedule the payment. I did that task right away so I would not forget to do it again. That was not the task I was sure I had done; the insurance statement simply shows how easy it is for me to get distracted and forget to do simple tasks.
This morning at 6:02 a.m. it occurred to me that my seven-year-old’s, Mika, Monday morning video on her YouTube channel would be public now and I could get the embed code and schedule a blog post on her website. I went to Mika’s YouTube page and the video was not there. I was freaking out. I uploaded that video on Friday when I went to chemotherapy treatment. I added all the tags, text, and scheduled the video when I returned from my treatment. I remember doing it.
Some of Mika’s videos take a long time to upload to YouTube and slow down the Internet for everyone in the house, so I try to upload her long videos when everyone else is gone and I can work offline. This morning, as I was searching for evidence I am not crazy, I noticed I did not have a custom thumbnail created for today’s video. I upload all of Mika’s public videos with a custom thumbnail and that piece of evidence snapped my memory back on track.
The video I uploaded Friday was for MY YouTube channel. It was a video of one of my friends reading one of my journal posts. My plan was to upload Mika’s video on Saturday during the time the community service group was helping me clear out my shed because Mika and her dad would be gone. I obviously forgot to upload the video in the excitement of everyone arriving and getting started.
So here I am, uploading Mika’s video that will not be done until a little after 8:00 a.m. The positive part is that I am not crazy; I did upload a video Friday. The not-so-positive part is that my short-term memory is mostly useless. I miss my memory. Do not get me wrong; I have never had a great memory. Donald could probably tell you every movie we saw together in a theater during the past 32 years. I remember seeing Independence Day, The Lord of the Rings, and a few superhero movies.
I have always released information from my brain I do not currently need. I could not tell you details of any of those movies I remember seeing. Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum kill aliens in Independence Day, that is the only detail I need to remember. When I watch the movie again a few years later, it is almost like watching it for the first time.
Unfortunately, now I am releasing information I do still need. Forgetting to upload Mika’s video is not a big deal. I am the only one who knows I want her videos to go public at 6:00 a.m. on their scheduled days. Mika does not have a big following yet so two and one-half hours will not likely annoy her 24 subscribers, most of which do not watch all her videos anyway.
My piece of advice to you is to write down your appointments and important tasks if you need to. Fortunately, I do not need a reminder to go wake up Mika and get her ready for school, yet.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.