How do I stop losing track of case details and missing deadlines?

Losing details and watching deadlines pile up is a frightening feeling, especially when people are counting on you. But hear this first: it does not mean you are not cut out for the work. It means you are trying to hold in your memory what memory was never built to hold. Details and deadlines do not need to be remembered. They need to be recorded the moment they appear, in one place you check every day. The strongest people in this field are not the ones with the best memory. They are the ones who trust a system instead of their memory. Start small and start today. For every case, write down the next thing due and when, in a single list. Look at that list first thing each morning. It will feel almost too simple, but that simple habit is exactly what keeps the deadlines from burying you.