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We've never run out of bleach!

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  We've been married nearly 50 years. In all that time, we have never once run out of bleach. Meanwhile, I regularly forget we're having dinner with Fred on Saturday. Despite being told three times. I've missed booking our August holiday leave until the last minute. Last week, I double-booked myself because I had forgotten about something my wife had mentioned just days earlier. But bleach, it never runs out. How is this possible? You see, I get bored with solutions faster than a child with a new toy. I've tried every productivity system going. Colour-coded spreadsheets. Apps that remind you to remember things. I once spent hours setting up a system to track tasks that was so complicated I thought about writing a manual to use it. The manual would also need to be colour-coded. I've been through all the phases. Getting Things Done. Bullet journals. Digital minimalism. That weird fortnight where I tried to organise my life using sticky notes. My phone is basically a g...