Day #167

Forgetting

In the two years since i was last in the Netherlands, i’d forgotten that the Albert Hein Supermarket does not take Visa cards. This resulted in me carrying my shopping to the customer service counter where i queued (again) to use cash.

I first made this mistake on the day i moved to live in Amsterdam some years ago: the first time i was bemused, and this time i was annoyed.

At myself.

It was one of the little things that slip when we move away from a culture, when our daily reality changes.

I retain the broad understanding, but the details that i do not constantly use are dusty or decayed.

Use your sixty seconds today to ask yourself about the lessons you have learned: have they all been forever, or are some, like mine, ones that you learn and forget over time?