If you have to go somewhere, and need to have something with you,
don’t put it by the door.
put it in the car instead.
I have walked past my take-with-you pile so many times. I’ve even stepped over it. Obviously this is if you are driving to your destination and the item isn’t perishable.
When you arrive at your destination, it is so much better to say, “Be right back, I left it in the car.” vs. “Ugh, I forgot it at home.”
*Grammar edit: This tip would work well for a book, not “…isn’t perishable, like a book”.
Sorry, saw that image and my brain can only go
Baaa de yaaa Say do you rember Baaa de yaaa Dancin in semper Baaa de yaaa Neva wasa claudideeeehhh
…and that’ll be in my head for the next several hours. Perfection.