Kira (Kira Greene)

Like, I don't have ADHD, but I still have a key hook behind my door.

And if I don't put my keys on that key hook, I'm going to struggle to find them later.

So I always try to remember to put the keys on that key hook.

So just having those things and making them a habit.

It won't work instantly, but making them a habit really does help because we will engage in that kind of habitual behavior without consciously thinking about it.

And there are a lot of good kind of technological tools that you can use.

Even if it's just really simple things like using a calendar, using a to-do app, you know, using something that will give you reminders of, hey, you need to do this thing.

Don't forget about that.

If you know I'm someone who's likely to get distracted and completely breeze past the meeting that's going on soon, set a reminder for yourself like 10 minutes before and then five minutes before and then at the meeting.

So you're giving yourself warnings.

And if you're just working with the way that your mind works,

recognizing its strengths, but also recognizing its limitations, and that you can work with those rather than trying to fight against them.

Yeah, and that's a really tricky question.

And it is one that, of course, a lot of people have concern about.

So first thing is to say that, yes, undeniably, a lot of aspects of our memory do decline with age.

So the peak of our cognitive abilities is typically in our early 20s.

So it's kind of downhill from there in terms of a lot of features.

I find it myself that you have that sort of tip of the tongue effect where you're trying to think of a word and it won't come to mind immediately.

And then later you want to be like, hey, everybody, I thought of it.

I remembered the word.