Every night, I need to perform a certain task: closing the chicken coop so no predators can get in and eat the chickens. I've closed that door every night for years, and it's totally routine by now, so it's not surprising that I can't always recall the act of closure after I get back in the house. Sometimes I go back out later to check whether I really closed it, and I almost always have, but there were a couple times that I forgot.
I find that the best way to remember the completion of a mundane task is to do something irregular shortly after it. For example, I might go out of my way slightly to hop over a piece of stray wood while leaving the area. Then if I wonder whether I actually closed the door, I remember "oh, there was that log by the door", and continue my activities without worry.
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