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^Tutorial 14 - Overcoming Absentmindedness\
This tutorial suggests some simple systems which can be used to overcome
absentmindedness. They are based on principles which you have already
learned - ^Initial Awareness\ and ^Association of Ideas\.
The definition of absentmindedness is staightforward - you are absentminded
when you perform actions unconsciously, without thinking. If your mind is
'absent' while you are performing an action, there can be no ^Initial
Awareness\ of that action.
The solution to the problem of absentmindedness is equally straightforward
and obvious - you simply have to ^think of what you are doing at the time
you are doing it\. Of course, this is easier said than done - how can you
be sure to |force\ yourself to concentrate on a simple, everyday action at
the time you are doing it ?
Think right back to Tutorial 1, where you learned that <Association\ can be
used to |force\ >Initial Awareness\, and you have the answer to the problem.
As Initial Awareness is the same as having something register in your mind
in the first place, then forming an instant association when you perform an
action ^must\ solve the problem of absentmindedness.#
An example will make this much clearer. Suppose you are one of those people
who freqeuently writes an important letter and then forgets to take it
out and post it. What is the last action you perform before leaving your
home ? Probably pulling the front door shut. So, after writing a letter,
instead of saying to yourself 'I must remember to post this...' and then
forgetting about it completely, do the followin