I missed a really important appointment earlier and I even kind of want to still be in a bad mood about it because I’m so irritated with myself but now I’m too distracted by the rest of the shit going on in my life to spend any energy staying grumpy
I missed a really important appointment earlier and I even kind of want to still be in a bad mood about it because I’m so irritated with myself but now I’m too distracted by the rest of the shit going on in my life to spend any energy staying grumpy
I avoid many such problems by using a calendar with loud, obnoxious, early reminders, but last month, I had a lot going on. A medical appointment was on the 16th at 15:00, and my head just couldn’t process that.
The reminder came, and I looked, but could only see the “16” from the date, which was bigger than the appointment time. Didn’t even question it, just thought: “Stupid phone, remind me an hour early, not two! Stop making noises!”
Well, I missed it.
My ex wife got into pretty serious psychiatric problems over time, and I still think that she would have a completely different life and past now if she had managed to keep up her weekly appointment at a great clinic with psychologists and psychiatrists, which she was lucky to get at the very start, 6 years before it went really downhill. Another missed appointment for a physical thing got her into the ER and intensive care overnight.
Same if I had been diagnosed back then and could have managed such things for her.