So this is why we lose car keys and reading glasses and passports So in the home designate a spot for your keys a hook by the door maybe a decorative bowl For your passport a particular drawer For your reading glasses a particular table If you designate a spot and you're scrupulous about it your things will always be there when you look for them What about travel Take a cell phone picture of your credit cards your driver's license your passport Mail it to yourself so it's in the cloud If these things are lost or stolen you can facilitate replacement Now these are some rather obvious things Remember when you're under stress the brain releases cortisol Cortisol is toxic and it causes cloudy thinking So part of the practice of the premortem is to recognize that under stress you're not going to be at your best and you should put systems in