not sure this counts as a plan

Passwords are so prevalent these days that I can barely keep track of the ones I use all the time, let alone the ones that are like a once-a-year login. For the super important ones I have various reminders set up, which would hopefully keep me from being locked out if I ever got amnesia. (Like quicksand, amnesia is one of those things that has turned out to be a much less significant risk than it seemed in my childhood.)

But for the one-off logins, I’ve reached a point of mostly giving up. Now I just pick whatever pops into my head, and reset it every time I need to get back into my account. (Note: this works fine as long as you never, ever change your email address.)

I can only guess that technology will eventually move past the password era. It’s possible that I won’t like whatever comes next either. But cell phones are pretty cool (a tiny computer in my pocket!), so who knows?

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