LPG looked at the internet and discovered that mislaying things is a common problem regardless of your age just in case any reader is not sure about that.   How many times have you lost something which was right in front of you because you did not put it back where you are used to it being or you don’t have a specific place for it in your home?

Being able to find everything in its place depends on all the people living in a home positioning items in the place where they are expected to be once they have finished using them.  It is hard enough for one person in a household to make replacing everything a habit without expecting each of our housemates to follow fashion.  So we could blame the occasions when we lost things back then on the negligence of the other people we lived with when we were younger, but statistics tell us that as we get older we are more likely to live alone which should help, but does it?

There is also the idea that once you realise that something is missing visualisation is a way of finding it.  If it is possible to calm yourself, do this; close your eyes and try to recall the last time that you saw the item, where you were when you last used it, what you last used it to do and  any significant  interruption or distraction that happened  at that time.  This all sounds really good on paper and it does work every now and then but I have to confide that I am really good at losing things for days at a time and having looked everywhere I often find it exactly where I first expected it to be in spite of the fact that I had a really good look in that place and found nothing the last time. 

LPG has found some internet tips and hints that may contribute to a possible solution.    

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Maureen B

For LPG