![]() The arms of my glasses are extremely narrow, perhaps 1.5mm, but if you have more typical eyeglasses or sunglasses, the Orbit should stay discrete. The surface needs to be at least 4mm wide. In most cases, Orbit Glasses will fit on the inside of the arm, either by your temple or on the back-most part of the earpiece. (Who knows better than the company that created Post-its® and Scotch tape?) The instructions note that while the device can be removed and repositioned, it should otherwise stay firmly affixed. Affix it with the device’s 3M-brand double-sided adhesive, allegedly the strongest adhesive 3M makes. (That would be annoying, like turning your glasses into a charm bracelet!) Instead, attach the device directly to your glasses. Unlike most use cases for trackers, your device won’t be dangling from a string. Start with the Orbit Glasses device, which is 1.2″ (28mm) long and 0.2″ (5mm) wide it’s only a third of an ounce in weight, so it isn’t going weigh you down. However, when you want to hide a device somewhere on your eyeglass frame, size does matter.)Īs with all Bluetooth tracking devices, you’re dealing with a device and an app. In general, claims about metrics are unimportant. (Note: A number of trackers make similar claims – the smallest device, the loudest ring, the widest range. The company claims it’s the world’s smallest Bluetooth device. ![]() Orbit Glasses work the same way most of the Bluetooth trackers we’ve already described. Not only do they help you track your lost items, but their buttons can be used as selfie remotes! Well, this special Orbit product doesn’t help you create a photo so you can look fabulous, but it does ensure that you can see how gorgeous you are in the mirror or in pictures. Last time, I pointed out that most of the various Orbit products, including Keys, Card, Wallet, and PowerBank all did double (or, with regard to the wallet and power bank, triple) duty. But those trackers, while not large, are still too big to attach to the one thing people are constantly losing (other than their minds, while searching for lost items). Last time, we saw how some of the big name general Bluetooth trackers can help us find a whole smattering of things we’ve lost. But unless you’re a fairly magical television character able to suddenly remember things that happened in the blurry background while you were focusing on something else, your lack of mindfulness up until now isn’t going to help you find what you’ve mislaid. Yes, if you practice mindfulness, stop multitasking, and focus on one thing at a time, you’re much more likely to put things away instead of randomly down. But usually, it’s because we fail to put things away because we’re focusing on things we deem more important in the moment. ![]() But if that’s all there is to it, why do so many people continue to misplace things? Sure, sometimes it happens as we saw at the start of last week’s post, when someone’s toddler (or pet, or “helpful” spouse) moves something. When you’re home, keep it in your purse or designate a tray on your bedroom dresser (or wherever works for you). Don’t set it down on the cashier’s counter or the restaurant table. Stop that! Your wallet goes in your purse or your pocket when you’re out and about. Don’t put things down put them away. Too often, people randomly put their wallets or keys or whatever down near them instead of the home they’ve assigned.Think about the first place you’d go to look for something, and then make that the home. Any good system has two parts: the location and the behavior: After that, the path to not losing things is pretty straightforward, in theory. But how do you do that? HOW TO NOT LOSE STUFFĪs a professional organizer, I start by decluttering the backlog that hides things from clients. Certainly, it’s better to not to lose things in the first place. Last time, in Paper Doll Finds Your Lost Keys, Wallets, and Phones: Bluetooth Trackers 2019, we talked about the big names in Bluetooth trackers that can help you find your lost keys, wallets, purses, passports, luggage, phones, and any of a variety of items in your life.
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