Rodney loses his glasses. He searches for them everywhere, but he cannot find them. Later, when he glances into a mirror as he walks by, he realizes that he had been wearing his glasses all along. Rodney's forgetfulness can be termed as .

absentmindedness

Explanation:

Absent-mindedness is when an individual shows forgetful or inattentive behavior. It can have 3 different causes: a low rate of attention ("zoning out" or " blanking ")

There are some ways of overcoming Absent-mindedness which includes but not limited to:

1)Put everything back in the same place, 2)by using a schedule and paying much attention to following it, 3)by Delegating responsibilities, e.t.c

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