I would like to file a complaint with my brain for the following pair of behaviors
A. It is often easier for me to remember something I'm supposed to do if I mention it out loud to someone. This correlates strongly with things I need to be somewhere else to do, especially things I should ideally do on my way from one place to another, such as when I need to run an errand on the way home from work, but that's not always the case.
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It is often harder for me to muster the energy/motivation to do something I'm supposed to do if I have talked about it with someone. My impression has often been that this is because it feels like I've expended the energy on it already. This correlates strongly with things I don't really want to do, such as when there's an appointment I should make or a service I should cancel, but that's not always the case.
The overlap between these things happening is not huge, but it is also not trivial.
