I live by "don't put it down, put it away" but an important part is where, if you have a fork in your hand, you should think "if I need this next year where would I look?" obv's in a cutlery drawer, but replace fork with car keys or documents..
I half remember reading a post apocalyptic book, space aliens ruined physics or something, steam pressure wouldn't even work! anyway shortly after the fall they were wearing full plate armour and battle charging the enemy on bicycles...
I'm above 40 but below 45, i am shit at paperwork and composing an email takes half a day. each time I solve an issue the solution and more importantly the process I go through to get to the solution is shared, I don't want to have to fix things more than twice and it is my job to share knowlege/train the new guys.
They don't know that I don't know shit and every problem is fixed with detailed troubleshooting not 'knowing' what the issue is.
In my office the only issue is admin stuff, time tracking, emails, case updates that sort of time sucking boring nonsense, found a way around, train the new guys, tell em' contact me if you have problems, so now I fix their stuff and they do the emails/notes :D
I have to convince mangement I'm doing work every yearly review, so far so good!
I live by "don't put it down, put it away" but an important part is where, if you have a fork in your hand, you should think "if I need this next year where would I look?" obv's in a cutlery drawer, but replace fork with car keys or documents..