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If you’re like me you’ve lost your car keys more than once. I can be very frustrated and might make you late for your job or planned activity. I remember feeling embarrassed when I had to tell my coworkers and others that I had lost my keys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the best ways to find your keys is to get some help. If you’ve tried every strategy to find your keys but are sure they can’t be found, then go to a locksmith or a dealer to get a replacement for about $50 – $500. <\/b>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve lost my keys in my car several times. They fall between the seats when I am exiting the car. At home, they can disappear to many places. Once I found them on top of the refrigerator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some Common Places to Look for Your Keys<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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If you are lost in thought or your attention is elsewhere when you are searching for your keys, you may have found that your keys are harder to find. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mindfulness <\/strong>will help you in your effort to find your keys. When we are in a hurry, we pay far less attention to specific details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you really really want to leave but can’t, you make start to get stressed, and lose focus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will likely need to look again<\/strong> in the places that you’ve already looked, at to make sure you didn’t miss any details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I found my keys in the container that I normally keep, but they were under a card that looked like it couldn’t have anything under it. I was surprised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The best place to look for your keys is probably in your pockets or your purse<\/strong>. You may have been in a hurry and were sure that they weren’t there, but… they were. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may find that one of the pockets you have has a hole in it, then you’ll know that the keys are on the ground somewhere, or inside the interior area of your purse. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Anywhere you sit down<\/strong>, even for a moment, is another great place to look. Keys have a way of finding their way out of your pocket or purse and into the space between the car seat or couch cushions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have found my keys between the couch cushions several times. The car is another good place to look. We think we have placed the key securely in our pocket or purse, only to find they had fallen out while we were exiting the car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a common location you place your keys, like a basket<\/strong>, and look there. You’ve probably already looked there, but keys are good at hiding in plain sight.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may need to empty the basket if there are too many objects inside it. Going to a table to empty it can help you quickly find the key and slide all the objects back into the basket once you’re done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once I was looking for my sunglasses. I said, “where are my glasses” as I was looking for them, and then the person I was with said, “You’re wearing them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes your car keys are in the car ignition or house door<\/strong>. Look in the places where you would normally use the keys and it may be that they are still there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ask for Help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It may not feel like you need help, but if you can’t find your keys after 5-10 minutes, you can benefit from getting some feedback<\/strong> from someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s likely they will have at least one additional idea that you haven’t thought of yet. They can help you speed up the search process by helping you find the key by looking around where you think you may have lost them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk out<\/strong> what you think happened. Sometimes that’s all that is needed to remember an important clue to finding your keys is someone to talk to. You will at least cross out some of the items on your list of where your keys could possibly be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes asking someone else is all you need to do since other people often move your things<\/strong> around. If you left your keys somewhere out of the ordinary, it could be that they were moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Someone may have also placed something on top of your keys and been unaware the keys were there.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Retrace Your Steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Again, talking to someone<\/strong> can help when retracing your steps. If you don’t have anyone to talk to, you can write down the steps you have taken since you had your keys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes we can do better by talking, writing, or reviewing mentally. Decide which will work best for you and begin retracing your steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I mentally review<\/strong> the last time I remember having the keys it helps me determine when I may have lost my keys and where they could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing down<\/strong> can help me think of more ideas. Seeing the words makes it easier for me to feel more concrete about events and locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your list<\/strong> might look like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n