How do people manage to keep track of their mobile phones

Until I retired I was always available on a land line during the day so the only time I used my mobile was to suit me.
I really resent it now and object to having to be contactable.
Therefore I’m not. That doesn’t please me either!
I speak to family and friends on the mobile. If they don’t get me then they leave a message on my home phone. I can’t call it a land line now we are on full fibre. (Don’t do it until you have to!)
I spend half my life looking for the wretched thing but I do have a glasses case that I put a strap on so I just put it over my shoulder if I’m expecting a call.

Do you have an Alexa?
If so you can synch your phone, Alexa will then call people in your contacts on demand and she will ring when you have a call.

I use my mobile phone for lots of things but I see no reason to use it at home for calls. I've been with BT for so long that the deal I have allows me so many free calls from my landline I rarely have to pay extra. I use "one penny" for my mobile - I send loads of what'sapps, texts and make calls when I'm out. I use plenty of apps. I've just topped it up - first time since end of July - £10. Works for me!

I misplace mine all the time, and it is black on one side and pale green on the other, so if I put it on a surface that matches whichever way is up I often can't see it easily, which doesn't help. I'm less bothered about getting calls - my children are much more likely to text anyway - but sometimes I want to make a call, or just mess about on it. I use my watch to find it most days.

I don’t have ADHD or anything, but I’m still endlessly wondering where my phone is. Dd1 is even worse - I’ve suggested glueing it to her head!

I have the same problem and have no desire to be a constantly monitoring my phone. My land-line I can hear all over the house and I can understand people clearly so why would I want to cart a mobile round the house all day? I know many people have got rid of land-lines presumably to cut costs but a nice long chat in the armchair with a comfortable receiver is for me preferable to trying to keep a mobile in the right position for good reception. Yes I am a bit of a Luddite I suppose! I use it when out of the house but if it rings at home, if it is important a message will be left.

Not having had a landline for over 25 years my mobile is always there
On the very rare times that I can’t find it I ask Alexa to ring my number.

Like other posters I wear a smart watch, not an Apple Watch, which I can use to make and take calls. It will also locate my phone for me by making it ring. It is a good safety gadget too. My balance is awful and I live alone. If I fall I can use the watch to call for help. I wear the watch 24/7.
I used to carry my phone tucked into my bra but apparently doing that all the time is not safe.

Pockets?

Most calls aren't urgent. The caller will leave a message for later.

Another alternative might suit you M0nica. Instead of to using a little bag slung around your neck which creates the problems you have described why not have a look at phone holsters. Their design not only makes sure the phone is safe and you know where it is, it is also unlikely to cause the problems you have experienced.

Doodledog

ViceVersa

I just take mine with me from one room to another. Simple.

It's not simple if you have ADD, or have any other reason why you are likely to forget where you put it. If it were as easy as that, the OP wouldn't have posted.

I have ADHD and dyspraxia. The second of those, plus cervical spondylosis, which is the medical term for wear and tear to my upper vertebrae which affects the nerves in my fingers, account for my erratic typing and poor proof reading - and also, quite separate, problems I have actually using a mobile phone.

M0nica

ViceVersa

I just take mine with me from one room to another. Simple.

But how do you remember to do so? I move around the house quite a lot, sometimes going to a room just to put something down then move on, but essentially how do you remember ?

For me, it's just automatic. I'm sitting in the living room on my laptop at the moment, for instance. If I get up to go to the kitchen or bedroom, I automatically pick it up and take it with me. I wouldn't take it into the bathroom, but other than that, where I go, it goes too. We no longer have a landline now either, so taking our mobiles with us has just become habit, I guess. I didn't mean to be flippant with my earlier comment, it's just what I do.

ViceVersa

I just take mine with me from one room to another. Simple.

But how do you remember to do so? I move around the house quite a lot, sometimes going to a room just to put something down then move on, but essentially how do you remember ?

So, what you have to do to keep up with "progress" is....

- remember to carry your phone from room to room with you (unless of course your hands are full)
- have pockets on all garments so that you can keep your phone with you at all times
-buy a bum bag or cross body bag so that you have your phone with you at all times
-buy speakers that will ring your phone if you can't find it
- buy an apple watch so you can press a button to find your phone if you have misplaced it

Wouldn't it be a great idea if someone came up with a way you could have two, three, four or even five handsets dotted around so that you were never far away from a phone. Oh...wait......

Crumbs! I could never remember to carry my phone round the house with me. I have the same problem as the OP ex that I can use the landline to track it down.
I carry my reading glasses round my neck. Couldn’t cope with mobile as well.
I do have an Apple Watch but couldn’t hold a conversation on it. It does alert me to a mixed call though.

What about a small lightweight ‘bum bag’ to wear around the house with your phone in? If you lock the screen it won’t do anything without you physically pressing the buttons, so it would be fine. There are also small ‘arm bags’ which runners wear on their upper arms to keep their phones in .

Most of my trousers have pockets, so that’s where the phone goes.

At home Vodafone is dreadful, only 1 mile from town no data connection at all, yet 2 week ago in Italy I got 5G almost everywhere, no logic at all.

Mine lives in the back pocket of jeans most of the time. If no pockets I turn it to maximum volume and leave it in the hall. I can hear it from all the rooms in our bungalow, it would be different if we lived in a large house. Life would be easier if more of my clothes had pockets.

Like everyone else here, it's pretty much with me at all times.

A friend has had a couple of quite bad falls recently, her DIL bought her a nice little cross body bag for the phone, so she would be able to call for help if she needed to.

I have it in a pocket on me or if no pocket then I take it from room to room placing it om whatever table chair arm etc going out it’s again either in a pocket or handbag I m rarely away from it

I have a Radley Smart Watch that is set up to tell me when my mobile rings or I get a text. I’m sure other smart watches must do that too. I’m not sure what the range is but I find it useful if I’m in the kitchen or upstairs and my phone is in the sitting room.

Like ViceVersa, I simply carry my phone from room to room and then put it on some handy surface (table, shelf, worktop, dressing table, edge of bath etc) while I do whatever I went in that room to do.
If you've no pockets, it can be a nuisance if you have a lot of stuff to carry when you leave the room but, if all else fails, I find stuffing it in the waistband at the back of my trousers is fine for just getting from A to B in the house and garden.