The idea
Your surroundings can hold useful information or make an action easier to reach. A ready document is different from a document you first need to find.
Why it helps
External tools and arrangements can take over some memory demands. They are options to try, not a complete solution to tiredness or a crowded life.
Try this
- Choose one ready setup that would help you.
- Leave out arrangements that become another job to maintain.
Keep it simple
Make the surroundings useful to you, rather than making yourself fit a system.
Research context
Risko & Gilbert — Cognitive Offloading (2016)
General background for this original Selfboost guide. This tool itself has not been clinically evaluated.