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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/Lower_Humor4095 on 2026-08-08 17:55:51+00:00.

If you put something somewhere “safe for now,” don’t just make a mental note of where it went.

Leave a small note in the place where the thing normally lives saying where you moved it.

Passport moved from the desk drawer to a suitcase? Leave “blue suitcase” in the drawer. Spare key moved somewhere else for a few weeks? Same thing.

When you eventually go looking for it, the old spot is probably one of the first places you’ll check anyway, so the reminder is waiting exactly where the search starts.

Once the item goes back, throw the note away.

It sounds almost stupidly simple, but it’s perfect for those things you move “just for now” and are 100% sure you’ll remember.