That confident feeling when you tell yourself "I'll remember this."
You won't.
It's not pessimism. It's pattern recognition.
I used to believe my brain would hold onto important things. Phone numbers. Appointments. The brilliant idea I had at 2am that would change everything.
Gone. All of it.
What changed wasn't my memory. What changed was accepting it would never work the way I wanted it to.
Now I write things down immediately. Not because I'm organized. Because I've been burned enough times to stop trusting the lie.
That moment when you think "this is too important to forget"? That's the exact moment to write it down.
The more important it feels, the faster you should capture it.
Your brain isn't broken for forgetting. It's just doing what ADHD brains do - moving on to the next interesting thing before the last one gets stored properly.
The system isn't the problem. Expecting a different result is.
Write it down. Right now. Whatever you're thinking about that seems too obvious to forget.
Future you will thank present you.