For me, it works but only for a limited amount of time. After a while, it just becomes part of the decor and I completely ignore it.

It works but I had to figure out how to make it work for me. I work from home.

I have a set of notes on my monitor for things I need to remind myself of. A few really nice shortcuts and short thoughts I would continually need to remember. (ex: “it’s ok to mess up”) These are more long-term things. When I still need the note but I start tuning it out, I will rearrange or re-write it on a new color.

I have the “today” note area. This is a note that I will put up for what I need to do today urgently. Stuff like “get x deliverable out” or “call school.” This only holds ONE note, the note has the urgent things as bullet points and it MUST be short. (No more than 3 bullet items.)

I have another area for quick notes that I need to jot down for the day. This can get crowded on a busy day.

About an hour before my desk time is over, I will deal with all of the temporary notes. (Both in my sticky notes and in my jotting notepad.) This involves me moving them to my calendar, task app, or throwing them away/crossing stuff out.

The trick is to make sure it is staying novel and relevant as much as possible. It will very likely not work if you don’t do this. There is a lot more to it than “write important stuff on a sticky note.” I feel like a lot of people that give this advice and can manage their own tasks really don’t appreciate the extra follow-through that is necessary.

Honestly, no. I think it was just something I did because “that’s what everyone does, and it seems to work for them.”

I also heard a theory that putting anything on the mirror doesn’t work well because when you look at the mirror, you’re looking through it and at your reflection rather than focusing on what’s on the surface (post-it notes).