mental note
Unwritten personal reminder
A mental note is a decision to remember something without writing it down: I made a mental note to call her back.
The phrase acknowledges that memory is fallible—you're committing something to mind rather than paper, with the implicit risk you might forget.
Mental note: don't order the fish here again.
- reminderMemory aid
- rememberRetain in mind
- keep in mindRetain in memory
- jotBrief, hasty recording
- jot downWrite briefly
bookmark · flag · store · tuck away · file away · commit · retain · recall · thought · memory · prompt · cue · quick reminder · later · don't forget · brain · sticky · scribble
- Mind/Thought Idiomstrain of thought, food for thought, brainstorm, brain wave, think tank
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- notesmemo, reminder, to-do list, memo pad, scratch pad
- memory phrasesring a bell, jog your memory, tip of tongue, commit to memory, slipped my mind
- learninglearning, learn, classes, instruction, studying
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
mental notewritten record
memo · sticky note · documentation · note to self · journal entry
mental noteofficial record
Authorized documented account
official documentation · legal document · written contract · minutes · memorandum
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