Help Me Think Of The Name Of This Object?

[jpmcwjr]

Mnemonic device or reminder seem to fit all right without getting too fancy.

 

[anotherbob]

Mnemonic device or reminder seem to fit all right without getting too fancy.

I think this is the prize winner.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Thanks, AB, but others have mentioned each one!

 

[warren]

"Amulet" is a term often used in such a manner. I'm not sure the usage is correct, seen it used that way thouh.

 

[edger]

I can't think of the term either, but I suggest cutting the pocket lining out of your pants and going commando.

 

[jmill208]

I vote “doohickey “

 

[geopiper]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. Seems like I have plenty of options to choose from.

 

[ssjones]

I would have guessed totem or talisman.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Scars

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

Darn you! Now I'm gonna spend all day trying to remember the word... memento, reminder, focus point, good-luck charm, token, charm, amulet, phylactery, tefillin,... I'm ata loss...

managed to get tfillin in there - nice

 

[Lawyer66]

Memento or mnemonic object?

This is what I was thinking as well.

 

[bnichols23]

I can't remember or find the right word. What do you call a physical object that a person keeps around or carries with them to help focus their thoughts or recenter their thinking on a goal to be achieved? For example: someone who wants to quit smoking or lose weight would wear a bracelet they can grab anytime they feel tempted to make a poor choice. Other examples may be an AA Coin or rosary beads.

It's not a talisman, totem, worry stone. I'm racking my brain and am failing at the Google Olympics.

thoughts?

Muse?

 

[Kozeman]

Object of Intention

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

A totem is/was originally to do with the semi-to-fully mythological ancestor of your tribe (or of your clan within the tribe). A lot of people nowadays say "totem" when they're really talking about a "mascot."

Amulets, charms and talismans, while similar, are indeed different things.

 

[briarbuck]

Memento or mnemonic object?

Such a bizzare movie, but certainly fits the OP's description.

 

[mso489]

Some Native Americans, in translation of course, called sacred objects with special power their medicine, which is a different use of the word than is usual in English, but the idea is related.

 

[mikefu]

Call it what you want, its your remember-y object. Not remembering what to call a thing that helps you remember your goal is part of the struggle. It never ceases to amaze me which topics, seemingly arbitrarily, generate a lot of responses while others that at first glance seem to be interesting and pipe or tobacco related generate few. But then again, I posted here, so maybe I'm part of the problem.

 

[anotherbob]

Scars

I think I might have read some of the same books as you have.

 

[Spinkle]

This reminded me of the objects the characters used in the film Inception to ground themselves in the dream world. I believe they referred to these as a “Totem”. Leo’s was a machined metal spinning top of some kind. I think the term fits your purpose, though I am just suggesting this off the top of my head.