I grew up on a farm (of sorts) and dealt with cows all my life (and horses a bit when I was younger -- that ended with a mean pony of my own, but that's a different story).  So you'd think that I'd have been able to drive a truck or a tractor (or even walk) through a gate and be able to remember to close it behind me.   Well that just wasn't the case.   I think I tried M&A's patience (perhaps my lackadaisicality was because cows are relatively easier to "recapture" than horses).   My memory is a bit hazy at this point, but I think that it was several months (and a relatively close call with Njeral the young Dutch Fjord who was really a neat animal that I became pretty good buddies with for a while there) before I really learned to be diligent (and could trust myself).  The thing is, that I think I acquired a bit "too much" attention to detail at the same time.  I now obsess on tiny things, and I'm constantly pointing out things that others overlook (or catching myself in time and only doing that in my mind rather than saying it out loud).   But I don't leave gates or doors open any more.