[notfarnow]

sounds like me.

it's not a fun way to work... the more you forget, the more you're putting out fires. The more you're preoccupied with the growing chaos, the more stressed you are, the later you get to sleep... and the more you forget.

I hired a full-time assistant a few months ago, that helped A LOT, but then I just seemed to pick up more business and am back at my frazzled state again. Good problem to have I guess, but hard to deal with the memory issues.

Best advice for YOUR situation would be that if you have something pressing or urgent, get at him EARLY in the day before he gets frazzled, and then follow up after lunch.