@@Grottodwell I have had people write me sticky notes, and I do not even notice them. Once someone put an sticky note in the middle of the monitor, and I just moved it to edge of the monitor, instead of reading it.
I'm a Medical Lab Scientist INTJ. Alarms are important to me when I do testing, especially if I happen to be handling three departments at once. It makes me alert to the tests I am doing, but at the same time, I have the urge to turn the alarms off because they are annoying. I also tend to turn my clock alarm off before I wake up because I do not want to hear any noise early in the morning. When I still lived in the rural area, whenever I get called for blood draws, I have my ringtone set to something like an owl's hoot, or set my phone to vibrate mode. I have a love and hate relationship with alarms.
Isn't it annoying how cute he is. Like I'm editing and I'm just like....gosh darnit... what a show stopper. Might have to hand over my entire channel to him lol he deserves it. He deserves everything 😭🖤
Lol... I relate a 100% and also have a ton of alarms exactly as you described: to prepare for the thing, to remind me about the thing I should be doing, to remind me about the fct I should stop/have finished the thing, and keep snoozing (instead of turning the alarm off) so I finally move on to that other thing .... I thought was 'just me' (and maybe a few other people) who need those multiple reminders...even to drink water or eat... (my sister called me crazy when she saw my alarm for water...)
My dentist was amused when my alarm to remember to pick up my kids went off during an appointment. He said "you forget your kids?" I said "yup! All the time." Lol.
I put everything in the outlook calendar - not just the event, but prep time, reminders etc. My absolute nemesis - writing a shopping list then forgetting to take it with me to the shop :-)
Glad I'm not the only one who sets alarms for everything. It drives my family crazy, they don't understand it, but it really is the only way I can remember to things outside my routine.
As an INTJ I used to write down everything happens in a day every night (something like a diary), organizing my thoughts by writing them down and organizing them on my notebook ( For years I use google keep for this because it's cloud-based and I can edit my notes using my phone or mac or etc, ), and plan my next day. every night after this I can sleep well and I can have a good tomorrow
Alarms, lists, and notes for myself, I can compensate for poor memory on some things... but then there is names. I don't tend to write those down unless I have an appointment or some such thing. Combine that with Fe trickster, missing cues and... I swear I'm not a complete asshole. My brain simply doesn't want to cooperate and withholds that information I heard 3 days ago or 15 minutes ago. 😅
Another thing you can try is to visualize the thing you have to do, and then connect it to another visual stimuli that you know you will encounter during the day
As an INTJ, I too, used the same method whenever I boil water. I used the notes on my phone to make out the lists of tasks prioritized in order. It's satisfying to cross out the lists.
Me too. I set timers for everything. I almost burned down an ENTJ's house because he told me to watch the oven to make sure a pizza doesn't burn. Then I zoned out trying to solve something, and when he came in the house was kind of smokey. I tuned out the smell entirely, but luckily his Se is a little stronger.
I have soo many alarms! I actually typically use an app called reminder. It works like an alarm but I can add lists and set specific dates and times. I can set it to go off when I reach a specific location. Truly a life saver! I typically don't set alarms for mundane things but I honestly haven't thought about using it if I have to go to the grocery store or even drink water. Very useful tidbit Lindsay... Thank you 😉😊
Omg how i am is all starting to sense now!!! I'm always setting alarms to remind me get my washing out the machine, get ready for a social event, to go food shopping etc! Otherwise i literally forget to be a functioning human being! Thank you for these videos!
As an intj I remember things with feeling, I might not remember the exact words but I can almost feel the feeling of how what you told me made me feel.
Yes! Alarms! I have a visual alarm (whiteboard) that tells me to get my stuff done during the day. Also an alarm to tell me to do a daily thing I would otherwise forget. This video is good for all Intuitives (especially for INTJs) Nicely done LiJo!
I'm an INTJ and I already knew why you had a million different alarms. Because I do the same thing. Each time I need an alarm if I don't have one for that time, I make it and add it to the list. Then in the future, I don't have to waste time setting them. I just scroll to 6:30 and there it is. A quick scroll and a single button toggle and tadaa!! No wasted effort! My favourite line "Set it and forget it"
I would be absolutely lost without alarms! Last year I finally came to terms that I need the structure of setting alarms at certain points of my day to switch tasks, otherwise I will get so wrapped up into something that I could go down the Ni rabbit hole and dig so deep that I can't get out of it... until I realize "oh crap I forgot to eat dinner" or "oh whoops it's actually 3am I should probably go to bed now." The Ni just keeps going xD I've found that using the pomodoro timer method has helped me a lot with staying on track. If you aren't familiar, you set aside blocks of generally 25-30 minutes to do work without ANY distractions (just focus on the ONE task you are trying to accomplish - don't check your phone, or anything else during that block of time), then after that work block is over, you get a 5 minute break. Afterward, you repeat another 25-30 minute work block. This cycle continues for a total of 4 times, and then you get a longer 15 minute break. Of course, you can change the work and break time intervals to customize your needs, but planning not just the work blocks but also the BREAKS by using alarms/pomodoro timer apps has completely transformed the way I do things. I just need to remember to stop snoozing the alarm, or continuing to work after the timer goes off... you really called me out on that one xD
I'm an INTJ and I often forget to do things in the sensory world that is unusual from my daily schedule, it helps me to wear a watch to keep track of time and set several alarms with time for potential delays before, your giving some good advice.
I totally know what you're talking about! I'll try and remind myself to do something, will have just told myself to do something, and then completely forget when I get up to actually go do something. Unless I have some strong reminder, I just can't remember a lot of the time when it comes to the sensory tasks.
(INFP) I used to constantly forget to do things. I realized they were things I wanted to avoid (dealing with people and their imagined judgments and opinions). This could have been from canceling an appointment with a Dr's office to telling a friend I didn't want to extrovert that day. How did you manage overcoming this? GLAD YOU ASKED!! : D I MADE it a point to do these things as soon as I though about them. I learned that prolonging the imagined hell and backlash was only making it worse. In turn, by doing everything when it comes to mind, I've realized that I am not as forgetful as I once thought... There is nothing productive when it comes to procrastination. Agreed that it's not exactly what Ms LiJo was talking about but kinda from my position in the 16 types.
I just found your channel and I really appreciate your accuracy and intentionality in articulating what you say, especially regarding the cognitive functions. As I try to learn on the internet, it seems very common for people making these videos to be unable to articulate what the actual differences between types and functions are. Also, my alarm list is even longer. I've had to realize I will not remember to check back on something in a timely way if I am focusing anything else.
Good idea! I use a lot of post it notes and have a whiteboard by my front door. I could make better use of alarms though. That's hilarious that your alarm interrupted one of your takes in a video about alarms :) I didnt know you had a dog. That's cool. Dogs are good fr bringing out our less logical personality traits sometimes.
This is so affirming of all the work-arounds I do to remember basic things. I'm the only person I know who has put a sticky note on my purse to remind myself to stop by the store after work, or set a timer to remember to finish the laundry. I thought it was just me. :)
My memory is so weird. I can remember things that happened years ago in some amount of detail (usually just the relevant detail) but if I'm downstairs having a drink and someone asks me to do something sensory (like taking something upstairs) I will zone out, think about my plans for working on The Thing and then completely forget about the sensory task. My memory is either amazing or it's the worst in the universe.
i didnt even know forgetting was an intj thing. i am so forgetful. my brain just goes over real world stuff and like she said i always have to set alarms to remember. if not by default i just forget
Are there people who *don't* set prep time alarms??? D: No wonder they're late. (I guess it makes sense now why I had to be the prep time alarm for my third shift friend when we would plan on going out, lol... I couldn't count on him being awake for it if I didn't call him an hour ahead of time....) Fortunately for me I usually had to turn a different direction out of the work parking lot to get groceries, cat food, etc. Also, that's a very good reason to stock up, and get your stock up a week ahead....so when you forget the first day, or two, or three..... it can still happen before food runs out :D For certain things, for example, the end of a break, I like to set alarms with a 'pre alarm'...like, 3 minutes before the actual time, it will start playing soft music or something, so I know my break is almost up and can wrap up, find a stopping spot in my book/game/etc, and be ready to be done when it finishes.
I started doing this recently at the start of the year, but with timers. I typically work from home 2 days a week, and now 5 in the pandemic, so I use timers to know exactly how much work that I have left in the day, so I don't have to pay attention to the clock at all, and can curtail my tendency to overwork. Basically I take a typical work day (9 to 5 = 8 hours with an hour lunch included in that), and set 2 alarms, one for 7 hours (I deduct lunch) and one for 6 hours (this is my warning alarm, so I know when I need to start saving my work and closing down programs). When I'm working, I have the timers running, but whenever I take a break I turn them off, so if I say want to take a mid-afternoon nap, eat lunch, go for a jog, etc., I just pause them, and resume them when I get back to my computer. If I say have to work overtime to meet a deadline, I then use a stopwatch on my phone to keep track of that, and then I have an ongoing email thread where I keep track of how many extra hours I've worked each day, so if for instance I work 9h on Monday, I can do 7h on Tuesday (or whenever permits), and then add or subtract hours from my running total so that I can maintain work/life balance and not overwork or underwork. Whenever adding to the total, I've started taking note of why I've worked overtime as well. This probably isn't for everyone, or for every job, but it's helped me maintain structure in a flexible way during the pandemic (and I'll likely continue it afterwards, too).
Wish I had thought of this the other day when I was making hard boiled eggs and I forgot about them, left them there for two hours, burned my mom's favorite pot and spent around half an hour desperately trying to wash it so she wouldn't find out.
I constantly set alarms for a few hours in the future and forget what the alarms are for when they go off 😔 I’ll put alerts in my calendar but it’s embarrassing when simple tasks go off and other people see.
I can totally relate, I make a list in my iphone notes and then number the list for that day to keep me on task too. I never tried the snooze thing you mentioned... I’ll have to employ that. Sometimes I’ll just throw a pillow at the door so that when I see it later it reminds me haha just come thouhhts
Loved this. So me. Wish I would have learned this years ago. Yes, I do this all the time with laundry too. Otherwise I am too busy doing things and lose track of time. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve learned I can’t let myself set that many alarms when waking up in morning. Otherwise, I’ll be more tired and less likely to get up. Albeit I now got a work from home job so making sure I get up at the first alarm to get dressed and prepped and go back to sleep til the next alarm when I get up and go, I’ve noticed I’m starting to get in that bad pattern of several alarms instead of just the first and 2nd. Definitely have to make sure I don’t indulge the poor habit. Nearly made myself late this morning.
I am intj and i și this for many grade now and i understand exactly your situation because i am so much in my mind. I ușe fi think this is a prb but is not. Its ok fi be You.
I keep a small note pad and pen on me at all times as my daily planner and scheduler...I guess I'm old school... Hey Lijo...set an alarm to water that plant before you kill it...lol
INTJ female here. Here I came to find a new way to remember things that could be more efficient and instead I found the way I already run my life, lol. Not only do I have alarms that remind me to take the garbage out or remind me to get ready for an event. I have an alarm that reminds me to go to bed.
I also have 30+ alarms in my phone. I have 2 TYPES of alarms: • 3 alarms before something need to happen (or I need to make it happen) and • 2 alarms after to make sure I check myself and got results of an action ENTJ
I always forget the little things myself. Good to know I'm not the only one, and that it's not necessarily early onset dementia ^^ I dislike smartphones (although I use one merely for communication and gps) as they provide too many distractions and I am obsessed with knowledge. I deleted most apps for this reason. For some inexplicable reason I have an internal clock which wakes me up for appointments right on the dot. This wasn't the case when I was a child, and I virtually had to be dragged out of bed. I like your methodology and appreciate your insight. I'm betting you probably go to the doctors when necessary with a list of queries, and of course upon seeing raised eyebrows feel compelled to explain that it helped to organise everything neatly and ensure that you do not forget to share anything. The fact they find it humorous let alone their befuddled expressions makes me question their efficiency and efficacy...
I told this to somebody else, but last night I kinda rubbed somebody the wrong way... I told them I came across a song called "all I want to do", right after I rubbed that person the wrong way and made a slight accusation against. Foolish thing to do and won't ever be done again toward a highly innocent blessing of this world. Today has become a good day. I most recently received news that they captured the father of Amina and Sarah Said, for the murder of his too daughters. I first heard about this case not too long ago, but it emotionally affected me. It was like, I was thinking I could've been there to save them from their deaths. You can hear audio recordings of them dying and it's horrible to listen to. He shot them to death in a cab. You listen to the story and you just can't help, but feel for them girls. It was just a horrible, horrible thing to have happened. One of the last wishes Amina Said made, was to not be a memory. So, they caught that man today and it's amazing information to have a little focus on.
Since work and home is my life. I text myself. Service manager "Need any parts?" Me "No I don't think so. Let me see if Ive texted myself recently. Yeah...I sure do" Once it becomes habit you're good to go
infps live outside of objective reality lol i need 3 alarms just to wake up. and i never entertained the thought of having alarms for anything else. my preference was to have a transportable notepad that i could write on but then i was like no that's impractical but then i was like wait you have a brain 🧠 you take that everywhere you go and it stores information on your behalf. i naturally assume anything forgotten isn worth remembering...
While I do have a lot of alarms and I can respond to them, I will also hide my keys next to the item that I need to bring with me. Then, when I panic, I remember the logic of why I placed the keys where I did, and I pick both up and leave. I also schedule weekly chores on the same day of the week, "It's Friday, so I must need to go to the bank."
Try HabitNow app! It has categories and sadly worth paying 2 or 3 dollars, for the upgrade you will need for as an INTJ. It only gives you 20 free alarms! An average person would be overwhelmed. Worth trying out!
Alarms are critical as an intj. I don't necessarily have many different alarms, though. I have a few alarms set then, hit the snooze over and over...This can go on for hrs btw. So it's almost like I'm creating a new alarm every 10, 15 or 30min as needed. This helps a lot while working a sensory heavy job to pull me back on track when I am constantly going off on mental tangents.
I like to think I'm responsible for this kind of stuff, but my family and friends know i forget to do stupid things like take out the trash on Thursday
I would use alarm to get ready to go school and no more than that.In the past,I like to use alarm for reminding me about the assignments but I done it early and when I was sleeping.That alarm is Actually rang beside my ears loudly and I was very disappointed of it.
Thanks. This is definitely useful. I am a college student who lives with her parents. Do you or others have any recommendations about how to use the alarm system in such a way that my alarms do not annoy my parents when they go off?
Here is a recommendation by myself, use an app that's called "focusmeter" in the Google appstore, in here, you can set alarms for everything and see the time left to finish the task and you can select wherever you want to pass to the other stage of something (you can make something like "blocks" of things to do and divide them in times (resting included) and have the amount of focusing times invested during the days if you want to see that
Strangely relatable.. even from the start with "categories of alarms" .. In my own case, I have specifics alarms for times of the day, one for 7:49 p.m. for example, an obscure enough time to known which alarm it always is.. primarily it reminds me that it's the late part of the day and I need to start thinking about winding down.. sometimes it saves me from staying up an extra 3 hours reading or watching stuff on RUclips.. sometimes not lol I set specific alarms sometimes, but most of mine are for "phases" of the day.. like the aforementioned night one, I have one for the beginning of the middle of the day, 10:42 a.m., for example. It's a few hours after I wake up, but it helps remind me that the 2nd phase of the day is about to begin, and there are human-tasks associated with that time.. eating lunch, maybe going to the store, etc.. I'm not a robot!!... I'm a cyborg :}
My memory is strange, sometimes when I have something to do (and it's not my habit) I start a kind of loop where I remember and forget continually that damn thing. Or there are some other moments where I have to remember something and I treat my memory like a time bomb: I have to repeat it many times until I make the thing, then I will erase it and I will never remember that. Luckily, this not happen with important events. Yeah, alarms are my saviors
@@InternetLiJo I don't even know, it's just a cool idea. Such life hacks can work, they are more interesting to consider. Although I used to set a huge number of reminders, it was like the "Feel My Pain" video (pleasure). In general, I have an ideas, but they are not good enough to voice them up. Sorry for my english btw.
Trying to time table everything just doesn't work for me, my dom Fi can't deal with it. It needs to feel that it's not restricted within a reasonable amount of time, let's say one day. So, I have my to do list for that day that I take seriously but don't impose any specific time to do things that are not scheduled with other people ofc. This is the only way I can do shit without my Fi acting up and feel compelled to just rebel and say "You want to control me? Now I wont do it". It's kind of annoying having this voice in your head, it's like dealing with a very stubborn inner child that just won't listen.
Ah yes, alarms. How did people even live without phones capable of handling alarms? Also, I often kniw beforehand which things I would remember without any help (mostly things I want to do) and which ones I will forget minutes after setting the alarm (mostly sensory and things that are “external” to me, like other’s wishes, social norms, feely thibgs). But I will still use the alarm ni matter what, it’s not worth the risk
As an INTJ myself, I set many alarms too. Whenever one of my alarms goes off in public, people look at me in shock. 😂
They eye contact is the funny part, not the sound of the alarm
Me, an intj: *literally using alarms for everything.*
Also, do almost the same things -at same hours- every day. Habits are very important to me...
Hahah yes! I usually only set the alarms for the things outside the norm or things that require me to be very accurate with time switches
Alarm really is an important thing to intj lol
very important!
Lol funny but true
“If you’re someone who tends to snooze the alarm...don’t do that.” Stop yelling at me. 😂😂
lol STHAP IT.
As an ENTP, I am like, yeah I need an alarm for several things, but I will program them later.... I think you know how that went.
Lol that Ne tho...
🤣🤣🤣 crazy Ne
I bookmark things on google, and never check them ever again
farrex0 king of procrastination xD hahahaha what happens with sticky notes? "Eh, I'll write it later."
@@Grottodwell I have had people write me sticky notes, and I do not even notice them. Once someone put an sticky note in the middle of the monitor, and I just moved it to edge of the monitor, instead of reading it.
I am an INFJ and alarms in my phone are like:
eat
drink
eat
drink
see if cats are alive
eat
drink
That works!
The cats are what matter . Everything else is null
Sameeeee, just that I have dogs instead of cats
Alarms are great, but I also have visual alarms. I have a large whiteboard in my bedroom, with everything I need to do.
But you then soon realise the importance of sound, especially when you're an INTJ
Yes! I use those for different reasons but yes~
I'm a Medical Lab Scientist INTJ. Alarms are important to me when I do testing, especially if I happen to be handling three departments at once. It makes me alert to the tests I am doing, but at the same time, I have the urge to turn the alarms off because they are annoying. I also tend to turn my clock alarm off before I wake up because I do not want to hear any noise early in the morning. When I still lived in the rural area, whenever I get called for blood draws, I have my ringtone set to something like an owl's hoot, or set my phone to vibrate mode. I have a love and hate relationship with alarms.
i'm an intj who wants to go to university to be a biomedical scientist and then I see this comment. what the h-
It is literally how my alarms go lmao I once set an alarm to remind myself to call my boyfriend before bedtime just to be "a responsible girlfriend"
Omg that's so cute!!
Calendar reminders are great. You can put your whole schedule in there
and get multiple automatic reminders.
YEs I do that too!
I write my sched in a piece of paper and always look on that piece of paper
My whole life can be seen on Google Calendar. - INTJ
oh wow.... i literally thought i was a bad intj because of how forgetful i am... this is comforting haha
I thought I was the only one who did stuff like this. Didn't realize other INTJs had problems remembering stuff too. The struggle is real lol.
So real!! Demon sensory real.
Yes, this is exactly what i do most of the time. Sometimes I'm too lazy to set alarms though... it never really ends well.
I just write it all down in notepad checklist and then, I just have to remember to check notepad instead of remember its content.
Your doggo 😭💞💞💞 adorable
Isn't it annoying how cute he is. Like I'm editing and I'm just like....gosh darnit... what a show stopper. Might have to hand over my entire channel to him lol he deserves it. He deserves everything 😭🖤
Lol... I relate a 100% and also have a ton of alarms exactly as you described: to prepare for the thing, to remind me about the thing I should be doing, to remind me about the fct I should stop/have finished the thing, and keep snoozing (instead of turning the alarm off) so I finally move on to that other thing .... I thought was 'just me' (and maybe a few other people) who need those multiple reminders...even to drink water or eat... (my sister called me crazy when she saw my alarm for water...)
My dentist was amused when my alarm to remember to pick up my kids went off during an appointment. He said "you forget your kids?" I said "yup! All the time." Lol.
Haha glad it was relatable!
I put everything in the outlook calendar - not just the event, but prep time, reminders etc. My absolute nemesis - writing a shopping list then forgetting to take it with me to the shop :-)
I have 6 alarms for studying each subject hahaha no shame xD
Glad I'm not the only one who sets alarms for everything. It drives my family crazy, they don't understand it, but it really is the only way I can remember to things outside my routine.
As an INTJ I used to write down everything happens in a day every night (something like a diary), organizing my thoughts by writing them down and organizing them on my notebook ( For years I use google keep for this because it's cloud-based and I can edit my notes using my phone or mac or etc, ), and plan my next day. every night after this I can sleep well and I can have a good tomorrow
Yup. As an intj i use the alarm this way as well.
I used to use physical alarms, then I forced myself to write each day down in a planner . It's much quieter, and that's how I prefere it . No noise.
Same, but if needed I will use an alarm
Alarms, lists, and notes for myself, I can compensate for poor memory on some things... but then there is names. I don't tend to write those down unless I have an appointment or some such thing. Combine that with Fe trickster, missing cues and... I swear I'm not a complete asshole. My brain simply doesn't want to cooperate and withholds that information I heard 3 days ago or 15 minutes ago. 😅
Thanks for this Te hack Lindsay!
Awesome. I always thought I was crazy with the alarm thing.
Another thing you can try is to visualize the thing you have to do, and then connect it to another visual stimuli that you know you will encounter during the day
As an INTJ, I too, used the same method whenever I boil water. I used the notes on my phone to make out the lists of tasks prioritized in order. It's satisfying to cross out the lists.
Me too. I set timers for everything. I almost burned down an ENTJ's house because he told me to watch the oven to make sure a pizza doesn't burn. Then I zoned out trying to solve something, and when he came in the house was kind of smokey. I tuned out the smell entirely, but luckily his Se is a little stronger.
@@John3_17-21 Exactly. Zoning out can be a double-edge sword for INTJs.
I have soo many alarms! I actually typically use an app called reminder. It works like an alarm but I can add lists and set specific dates and times. I can set it to go off when I reach a specific location. Truly a life saver! I typically don't set alarms for mundane things but I honestly haven't thought about using it if I have to go to the grocery store or even drink water. Very useful tidbit Lindsay... Thank you 😉😊
Haha it's the little things every so often that I find really helpful. Sensory is so hard to keep in the front of the mind.
@@InternetLiJo quite difficult, I agree 😂
The blank mind I get when i'm on my way home at the of the day is too real. If I don't write it down somewhere i will 💯 forget.
INTJ here. I have an alarm clock in my bathroom stall, so that I can check time whenever I am in the shower. People think I am weird because of that.
Omg how i am is all starting to sense now!!!
I'm always setting alarms to remind me get my washing out the machine, get ready for a social event, to go food shopping etc! Otherwise i literally forget to be a functioning human being! Thank you for these videos!
So glad it relates Elena :)
These tips are great “reminders” ;-)
I have a bad grasp of time, so I’m gonna test these out and update my progress >_<
Thanks again, Lindsay🧚🏻♀️🦄🦋
yeeeeet. Let me know how it goes Hannah 🖤🦄
So useful! In fact if I don't set my alarm for the wash machine I will completely forget about my laundry... for a few days. True story.
As an intj I remember things with feeling, I might not remember the exact words but I can almost feel the feeling of how what you told me made me feel.
Yes! Alarms!
I have a visual alarm (whiteboard) that tells me to get my stuff done during the day. Also an alarm to tell me to do a daily thing I would otherwise forget. This video is good for all Intuitives (especially for INTJs)
Nicely done LiJo!
I'm an INTJ and I already knew why you had a million different alarms. Because I do the same thing. Each time I need an alarm if I don't have one for that time, I make it and add it to the list. Then in the future, I don't have to waste time setting them. I just scroll to 6:30 and there it is. A quick scroll and a single button toggle and tadaa!! No wasted effort!
My favourite line "Set it and forget it"
I would be absolutely lost without alarms! Last year I finally came to terms that I need the structure of setting alarms at certain points of my day to switch tasks, otherwise I will get so wrapped up into something that I could go down the Ni rabbit hole and dig so deep that I can't get out of it... until I realize "oh crap I forgot to eat dinner" or "oh whoops it's actually 3am I should probably go to bed now." The Ni just keeps going xD I've found that using the pomodoro timer method has helped me a lot with staying on track. If you aren't familiar, you set aside blocks of generally 25-30 minutes to do work without ANY distractions (just focus on the ONE task you are trying to accomplish - don't check your phone, or anything else during that block of time), then after that work block is over, you get a 5 minute break. Afterward, you repeat another 25-30 minute work block. This cycle continues for a total of 4 times, and then you get a longer 15 minute break. Of course, you can change the work and break time intervals to customize your needs, but planning not just the work blocks but also the BREAKS by using alarms/pomodoro timer apps has completely transformed the way I do things. I just need to remember to stop snoozing the alarm, or continuing to work after the timer goes off... you really called me out on that one xD
I'm an INTJ and I often forget to do things in the sensory world that is unusual from my daily schedule, it helps me to wear a watch to keep track of time and set several alarms with time for potential delays before, your giving some good advice.
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I totally know what you're talking about! I'll try and remind myself to do something, will have just told myself to do something, and then completely forget when I get up to actually go do something. Unless I have some strong reminder, I just can't remember a lot of the time when it comes to the sensory tasks.
Sometime I can’t remember what I set an alarm for 😂😂😂
Am i the only one focusing at the cute pet in the background
Lol.
I focused on a plant
So kawaii 🖤
i didnt even notice, i thought it was a cat 😂
@@leeroy14r60 lol😅🤣
(INFP) I used to constantly forget to do things. I realized they were things I wanted to avoid (dealing with people and their imagined judgments and opinions). This could have been from canceling an appointment with a Dr's office to telling a friend I didn't want to extrovert that day.
How did you manage overcoming this? GLAD YOU ASKED!! : D
I MADE it a point to do these things as soon as I though about them. I learned that prolonging the imagined hell and backlash was only making it worse. In turn, by doing everything when it comes to mind, I've realized that I am not as forgetful as I once thought... There is nothing productive when it comes to procrastination.
Agreed that it's not exactly what Ms LiJo was talking about but kinda from my position in the 16 types.
so glad to hear someone else does that too....a previous boyfriend lol at my alarms! i use them!
I just found your channel and I really appreciate your accuracy and intentionality in articulating what you say, especially regarding the cognitive functions. As I try to learn on the internet, it seems very common for people making these videos to be unable to articulate what the actual differences between types and functions are.
Also, my alarm list is even longer. I've had to realize I will not remember to check back on something in a timely way if I am focusing anything else.
I love the cognitive functions! So glad you made it here. Welcome 👽
I set alarms/reminders for important things(because I will even forget those!), but I seem to be okay with a bit of chaos for the rest lol
Good idea! I use a lot of post it notes and have a whiteboard by my front door. I could make better use of alarms though. That's hilarious that your alarm interrupted one of your takes in a video about alarms :) I didnt know you had a dog. That's cool. Dogs are good fr bringing out our less logical personality traits sometimes.
I use sticky notes (IRL and software), Alarms and other digital notes.
Same!
For me sticky notes are far, far more superior than digital text reminders. It’s harder to ignore an object - not impossible, though
That snooze part. I need to use math alarm 30 questions to stop the snooze habit
This is so affirming of all the work-arounds I do to remember basic things. I'm the only person I know who has put a sticky note on my purse to remind myself to stop by the store after work, or set a timer to remember to finish the laundry. I thought it was just me. :)
I could not do without. I use tasks with reminders that pop up on my phone. It helps taking things off my head.
My memory is so weird. I can remember things that happened years ago in some amount of detail (usually just the relevant detail) but if I'm downstairs having a drink and someone asks me to do something sensory (like taking something upstairs) I will zone out, think about my plans for working on The Thing and then completely forget about the sensory task. My memory is either amazing or it's the worst in the universe.
i didnt even know forgetting was an intj thing. i am so forgetful. my brain just goes over real world stuff and like she said i always have to set alarms to remember. if not by default i just forget
Are there people who *don't* set prep time alarms??? D: No wonder they're late. (I guess it makes sense now why I had to be the prep time alarm for my third shift friend when we would plan on going out, lol... I couldn't count on him being awake for it if I didn't call him an hour ahead of time....) Fortunately for me I usually had to turn a different direction out of the work parking lot to get groceries, cat food, etc. Also, that's a very good reason to stock up, and get your stock up a week ahead....so when you forget the first day, or two, or three..... it can still happen before food runs out :D
For certain things, for example, the end of a break, I like to set alarms with a 'pre alarm'...like, 3 minutes before the actual time, it will start playing soft music or something, so I know my break is almost up and can wrap up, find a stopping spot in my book/game/etc, and be ready to be done when it finishes.
I started doing this recently at the start of the year, but with timers. I typically work from home 2 days a week, and now 5 in the pandemic, so I use timers to know exactly how much work that I have left in the day, so I don't have to pay attention to the clock at all, and can curtail my tendency to overwork. Basically I take a typical work day (9 to 5 = 8 hours with an hour lunch included in that), and set 2 alarms, one for 7 hours (I deduct lunch) and one for 6 hours (this is my warning alarm, so I know when I need to start saving my work and closing down programs). When I'm working, I have the timers running, but whenever I take a break I turn them off, so if I say want to take a mid-afternoon nap, eat lunch, go for a jog, etc., I just pause them, and resume them when I get back to my computer. If I say have to work overtime to meet a deadline, I then use a stopwatch on my phone to keep track of that, and then I have an ongoing email thread where I keep track of how many extra hours I've worked each day, so if for instance I work 9h on Monday, I can do 7h on Tuesday (or whenever permits), and then add or subtract hours from my running total so that I can maintain work/life balance and not overwork or underwork. Whenever adding to the total, I've started taking note of why I've worked overtime as well. This probably isn't for everyone, or for every job, but it's helped me maintain structure in a flexible way during the pandemic (and I'll likely continue it afterwards, too).
Wish I had thought of this the other day when I was making hard boiled eggs and I forgot about them, left them there for two hours, burned my mom's favorite pot and spent around half an hour desperately trying to wash it so she wouldn't find out.
Ugh yeah been there before lol
I love Todoist and use their alarms for tasks. Keeps me organized and on task.
I’ll check them out!
Great tips! thank you!!
I constantly set alarms for a few hours in the future and forget what the alarms are for when they go off 😔
I’ll put alerts in my calendar but it’s embarrassing when simple tasks go off and other people see.
I can totally relate, I make a list in my iphone notes and then number the list for that day to keep me on task too. I never tried the snooze thing you mentioned... I’ll have to employ that. Sometimes I’ll just throw a pillow at the door so that when I see it later it reminds me haha just come thouhhts
Loved this. So me. Wish I would have learned this years ago. Yes, I do this all the time with laundry too. Otherwise I am too busy doing things and lose track of time. Thanks for sharing!
Yes! I have to do it with laundry lol
I needed this so much!! Thank you 💛 I find it so hard to shift focus
Let me know how it goes!
If i don't snooze the alarm somthing will be broken soon😂
Thank you @LiJo. I thought I was suffering from early stages of Dementia or Alzheimer's. Glad to know I am not the only one.😅😅
Lmao nah! just demon sensory hahah
I’ve learned I can’t let myself set that many alarms when waking up in morning. Otherwise, I’ll be more tired and less likely to get up.
Albeit I now got a work from home job so making sure I get up at the first alarm to get dressed and prepped and go back to sleep til the next alarm when I get up and go, I’ve noticed I’m starting to get in that bad pattern of several alarms instead of just the first and 2nd. Definitely have to make sure I don’t indulge the poor habit. Nearly made myself late this morning.
This video gave me anxiety but it was needed
LMAO .... said the ENFPs...
I am intj and i și this for many grade now and i understand exactly your situation because i am so much in my mind. I ușe fi think this is a prb but is not. Its ok fi be You.
Thank you for the video, I found it to be helpful
I keep a small note pad and pen on me at all times as my daily planner and scheduler...I guess I'm old school...
Hey Lijo...set an alarm to water that plant before you kill it...lol
LOL OMG ITS NOT MY PLANT 🌱 therefore I cannot kill it
Yes! I need so many alarms.
I definitely do 1 and 2, maybe I could benefit from 3 as well 😂. Thanks LiJo!
I just started the alarm thing because of our online classes. I should stop snoozing/ignoring them all though 😂
Snap! This is exactly what I do!
INTJ female here. Here I came to find a new way to remember things that could be more efficient and instead I found the way I already run my life, lol. Not only do I have alarms that remind me to take the garbage out or remind me to get ready for an event. I have an alarm that reminds me to go to bed.
Awww!! Papillon dogs are so adorable! Another great video.
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I also have 30+ alarms in my phone.
I have 2 TYPES of alarms:
• 3 alarms before something need to happen (or I need to make it happen) and • 2 alarms after to make sure I check myself and got results of an action
ENTJ
I always forget the little things myself. Good to know I'm not the only one, and that it's not necessarily early onset dementia ^^
I dislike smartphones (although I use one merely for communication and gps) as they provide too many distractions and I am obsessed with knowledge. I deleted most apps for this reason.
For some inexplicable reason I have an internal clock which wakes me up for appointments right on the dot. This wasn't the case when I was a child, and I virtually had to be dragged out of bed. I like your methodology and appreciate your insight.
I'm betting you probably go to the doctors when necessary with a list of queries, and of course upon seeing raised eyebrows feel compelled to explain that it helped to organise everything neatly and ensure that you do not forget to share anything. The fact they find it humorous let alone their befuddled expressions makes me question their efficiency and efficacy...
I told this to somebody else, but last night I kinda rubbed somebody the wrong way...
I told them I came across a song called "all I want to do", right after I rubbed that person the wrong way and made a slight accusation against. Foolish thing to do and won't ever be done again toward a highly innocent blessing of this world.
Today has become a good day. I most recently received news that they captured the father of Amina and Sarah Said, for the murder of his too daughters.
I first heard about this case not too long ago, but it emotionally affected me. It was like, I was thinking I could've been there to save them from their deaths. You can hear audio recordings of them dying and it's horrible to listen to. He shot them to death in a cab. You listen to the story and you just can't help, but feel for them girls. It was just a horrible, horrible thing to have happened. One of the last wishes Amina Said made, was to not be a memory.
So, they caught that man today and it's amazing information to have a little focus on.
I also do that! Specially the 1st type.
Since work and home is my life. I text myself. Service manager "Need any parts?" Me "No I don't think so. Let me see if Ive texted myself recently. Yeah...I sure do" Once it becomes habit you're good to go
infps live outside of objective reality lol i need 3 alarms just to wake up. and i never entertained the thought of having alarms for anything else. my preference was to have a transportable notepad that i could write on but then i was like no that's impractical but then i was like wait you have a brain 🧠 you take that everywhere you go and it stores information on your behalf. i naturally assume anything forgotten isn worth remembering...
I only snooze my alarm if it’s my wake up alarm lol
Try INTJ + ADHD :D
Alarms are a must, and even more planification.
same!
While I do have a lot of alarms and I can respond to them, I will also hide my keys next to the item that I need to bring with me. Then, when I panic, I remember the logic of why I placed the keys where I did, and I pick both up and leave. I also schedule weekly chores on the same day of the week, "It's Friday, so I must need to go to the bank."
Try HabitNow app! It has categories and sadly worth paying 2 or 3 dollars, for the upgrade you will need for as an INTJ. It only gives you 20 free alarms! An average person would be overwhelmed. Worth trying out!
Alarms are critical as an intj. I don't necessarily have many different alarms, though. I have a few alarms set then, hit the snooze over and over...This can go on for hrs btw. So it's almost like I'm creating a new alarm every 10, 15 or 30min as needed. This helps a lot while working a sensory heavy job to pull me back on track when I am constantly going off on mental tangents.
Great advice!
I like to think I'm responsible for this kind of stuff, but my family and friends know i forget to do stupid things like take out the trash on Thursday
I would use alarm to get ready to go school and no more than that.In the past,I like to use alarm for reminding me about the assignments but I done it early and when I was sleeping.That alarm is Actually rang beside my ears loudly and I was very disappointed of it.
Thanks. This is definitely useful.
I am a college student who lives with her parents. Do you or others have any recommendations about how to use the alarm system in such a way that my alarms do not annoy my parents when they go off?
Low volume, or have your headphones in already :)
I forgot to finish this video. Should have set an alarm.
Autopilot is so true
Here is a recommendation by myself, use an app that's called "focusmeter" in the Google appstore, in here, you can set alarms for everything and see the time left to finish the task and you can select wherever you want to pass to the other stage of something (you can make something like "blocks" of things to do and divide them in times (resting included) and have the amount of focusing times invested during the days if you want to see that
Strangely relatable.. even from the start with "categories of alarms" .. In my own case, I have specifics alarms for times of the day, one for 7:49 p.m. for example, an obscure enough time to known which alarm it always is.. primarily it reminds me that it's the late part of the day and I need to start thinking about winding down.. sometimes it saves me from staying up an extra 3 hours reading or watching stuff on RUclips.. sometimes not lol
I set specific alarms sometimes, but most of mine are for "phases" of the day.. like the aforementioned night one, I have one for the beginning of the middle of the day, 10:42 a.m., for example. It's a few hours after I wake up, but it helps remind me that the 2nd phase of the day is about to begin, and there are human-tasks associated with that time.. eating lunch, maybe going to the store, etc..
I'm not a robot!!... I'm a cyborg :}
very relatable!
My memory is strange, sometimes when I have something to do (and it's not my habit) I start a kind of loop where I remember and forget continually that damn thing.
Or there are some other moments where I have to remember something and I treat my memory like a time bomb: I have to repeat it many times until I make the thing, then I will erase it and I will never remember that.
Luckily, this not happen with important events. Yeah, alarms are my saviors
I NEED MORE INTJ HACKS, GOSH!
Let me know your requests!
@@InternetLiJo I don't even know, it's just a cool idea. Such life hacks can work, they are more interesting to consider. Although I used to set a huge number of reminders, it was like the "Feel My Pain" video (pleasure).
In general, I have an ideas, but they are not good enough to voice them up.
Sorry for my english btw.
I prefer handwritten notes as reminders. The less we can force ourselves to not rely on technology as an extension of our brain, the better.
How do you not lose the notes?
an intj and i do this as well , i put alarm for 6 months ahead from now
Trying to time table everything just doesn't work for me, my dom Fi can't deal with it. It needs to feel that it's not restricted within a reasonable amount of time, let's say one day. So, I have my to do list for that day that I take seriously but don't impose any specific time to do things that are not scheduled with other people ofc. This is the only way I can do shit without my Fi acting up and feel compelled to just rebel and say "You want to control me? Now I wont do it". It's kind of annoying having this voice in your head, it's like dealing with a very stubborn inner child that just won't listen.
Fi dom sucks lol - Fi dom
Ah yes, alarms. How did people even live without phones capable of handling alarms? Also, I often kniw beforehand which things I would remember without any help (mostly things I want to do) and which ones I will forget minutes after setting the alarm (mostly sensory and things that are “external” to me, like other’s wishes, social norms, feely thibgs). But I will still use the alarm ni matter what, it’s not worth the risk