For example, I got out of the shower and could not for the life of me remember if I dry my hair with a towel before putting it in the hair turban.
Neither way seemed right, and the more I thought about it the more I honestly couldn’t remember. It once happened when I was in middle school and I never did figure out if I was doing the task the same way I used to before.
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Accessing abstract memories and executing tasks built over time into muscle memory are separate cognitive tasks.
Chances are your post-shower routine evolved after repeating the same tasks over and over again rather than planning out the task sequence ahead of time. The latter you would be able to execute from memory.
Your best bet is to hop in the shower again until you forget about this problem.
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