Welcome to my blog and another wonderful edition of the Hive Learners' featured post. When it comes to being forgetful, we have all had our share. For some people, being forgetful is a habit. I remember the days our neighbor used to have issues with his newly wedded wife because of how she burned food, all because she got carried away and forgot she was cooking. Being forgetful is something we all engage in occasionally; for some people, things easily slip out of their mind and they need to be reminded all the time else they tend to forget.
It is okay to be forgetful as we are humans and not robots, but when forgetfulness becomes an issue is when we make it a habit or when we forget things that are of great importance, and it ends up costing us more than we can actually pay. Forgetfulness is something we all have to deal with; sometimes you enter a room to do something or get something, and the moment you are in the room, you completely forget what took you there. This alone proves we are humans and not robots that are programmed and must follow the program.
For some people, a constant reminder becomes a disturbance because they don't forget, but there are people who appreciate constant reminders, as that is the only way they remember they have something to do. Lived with an uncle who is a reverend and has a lot to do, he tells us about his schedule and timing, and we were tasked with the responsibility of helping him keep track of time and help him remember so he doesn't get carried away doing one and leaving the other. There are a lot of people like my uncle with a lot to do in which they can easily get carried away doing one and then forget the other. In most of his phone calls, you hear him apologizing for either showing up late or not showing up at all.
Forgetfulness can cost one a lot; I am a living testimony to what forgetfulness can actually do. I have been forgetful for quite a number of times, but the one that happened last month pained me so much that I am finding it very difficult to live with myself. About two months ago, my cousin introduced me to a job online and said I could apply, and I did. I was given a form online, and I filled it out. Funny how I was eligible for an interview online while my cousin, who introduced me to the job, was disqualified. I was sad he got disqualified but was happy I was eligible for the interview and looked forward to the deal day to secure the job.
Fast forward to the day of the interview; it was scheduled for 4:30 pm on a Thursday. I had it in mind while I was going about my day's activities. I went for my industrial training defense, and it was a stressful one after waiting for so long to get to my turn, and finally it was over at around 2 pm. I then decided to see a movie to help me relax as my energy recuperates ahead of 4:30 pm, and that was it. I got carried away watching movies, and when I remembered it was already 6 pm, I emailed the employers to know if I can reschedule but they said they already got someone else.
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I don't know if I would gotten the job but I would have felt better if I got to do the inter and and then disqualified instead of how things went. Till today whenever I remember I just wish I did not settle to see a movie, I wish I set a reminder but I did not because of how much I looked forward to it, I never expected that It would slip my mind the way it did. Now I try to set a reminder for every important even no matter how much I anticipate or excited it makes me to avoid history repeating itself.
