If our instincts are telling us that we forgot something, then we should pay attention and find out what it is that we have forgotten. When we know that we’re going to forget something then we should put what we think we’re going to forget to a place where we think it’s going to trigger a memory. What we think is important is when we say to ourselves that we need to remember to do something in such and such time. We forget to do something, because it is no longer urgent, and our value has switched to something else that’s more important. Depending on what we’re doing at the moment is all we’re focused on. We remember things when there is a need for something to get done and we forget things when other needs we’re attending to is more important.