[36GoudeyMan]

I'm 62. When I turned 40, I told people that I wish I had the memory I had when I was 30; when I turned 50, I told people I wish I had the memory I had when I was 40, and when I turned 60, I told people I wish I had the memory I had when I was 50. It happens to everyone. Your hard disk fills up; your vision declines even a little bit, making it harder to see things, especially in the darker areas. I'm also diabetic, and have other health issues.

One trick that works for me (it took discipline and practice) was to designate very specific areas for things to go: everything has its place. Eventually, muscle memory and routine will remind you to put today's incoming cards in the pile by the sock drawer next to computer, and to put the outgoing mail on the table in the foyer. Creating designated spaces for things, pretty much anything, can help avoid losing things, as your mind associated thing with places pretty quickly. It then becomes habit, which depends less on cognitive skill levels that mere repetition. You may still misplace things, but I think it will be less and less often. Good luck!!!