Thursday, July 31, 2008

How do you know?

Much of internal control is answering a question that starts with, "How do I know .....?" For example, How do I know that I take my multiple vitamin every day? There are many possible answers to this question, including "I don't really know." For me the answer is that I don't start eating my breakfast until I see my vitamin next to my cereal bowl and when I have finished eating, I make sure that it is no longer there.

If you have a different way to remember your vitamins, or if you have something that you seem to always forget, please comment back to Stu on Patrol so that more good internal controls can be used by more people.

1 comment:

Angela said...

I think your method is very good. I do something similar - I have one of the daily dose holders for vitamins and other daily meds. I fill it weekly and prop it up on the cup I use when cleaning my teeth. So, each morning, I reach for my toothbrush and see it. However, a vulnerability exists in that I may not put it back as I should each day. I seem to be good at remembering, but the system is not fault-proof