Robert – good advice. I tend to use paper for reminders. I have two diaries that are the same size so I can keep them together as a pair. One diary is week to view so I can see in advance what I have to prepare for each week and I just use that for appointments/commitments etc. The other is a day to view diary. I use that for my to-do list. So each day has a great long to-do list in it. Next to that, I select around 3 manageable tasks for that day and write them next to the big to-do list and try to do those tasks. The rest are carried across. This sounds ridiculous, but isolating 3 tasks and focussing on them makes the rest less overwhelming. Also, by carrying over the undone stuff I remind myself it’s there. If I need to do something like ‘phone someone at a set time then I put that in my cell ‘phone as a reminder. Sometime between all that, I sometimes manage some work! 
Before I was completely useless with different note books, bits of paper etc. I’ve only been doing it this year but 6 days in and it’s still working! By now I’d be lost normally.
Robert – good luck with your new job.
no_dopamine and nellie – it is interesting that you both have issues with doing some stuff slowly too. no-dopamine – I know what you mean about doing some tasks quickly though and having to pick up the pieces. I am so paranoid about mistakes that I double check stuff which takes time and I still miss them! I think you’re right nellie about 2 hours focus and also about not getting physically tired before hand too. If I walk the dogs before I do some work that’s it – nothing happens. That’s odd really because exercise is meant to help you focus. Glad I’m not alone out there.
William – sorry – we do tend to stray off point sometimes but then on the other hand if you see what the rest of us are like you won’t feel so different.
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