When you look over there, you'll see something you left, to remind you of something.
There is a box in a cabinet in my office that is full of medication.
To the side of my desk, a stack of thank you cards and various denominations of stamps.
In my backpack, 500 calories/25 grams of fat AND everything is need to present a workshop for up to 5 hours.
In my wallet, money for a cab in 10 different countries (in case I can't use Lyft, of course!).
And... I have both PAPER and DIGITAL file folders for every time I get a card or an e-mail from someone that has been positively impacted by my work. I file it away so that I have concrete proof that I'm making a difference in the lives of the people around me on the days when I'm just not sure notes like this one really matter.
You may think me silly, but the most important discovery I've made over the past two decades is that I am the most difficult person I will ever have to manage. If keeping a box of kudos helps me keep going on the days I consider quitting, then that seems like effective self-management to me.
I could offer dozens of other ways that I mitigate my weaknesses by planning for them to make an incredibly inconvenient appearance, but I think you get the point.
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