My recommendation is a small thing: a trashcan with a swinging lid!
Covers the trash, reduces smells, will prevent trash tetris (sometimes), and very good instead of foot-pedal opening trash cans or trash cans put in a cupboard.
Another thing are toothbrush holders that stick to mirrors. Might jog that memory of needing to brush your teeth!
Wall-mounted keyholder by your door, too. Anything I put on a flat surface will eventually be lost or covered with more junk & papers. My keys are WALL-ONLY!!!
What item(s) have helped you with your struggles?
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I love foot pedal trash cans myself but they have a solid surface. My partner often piles stuff on top of the lid and trash being piled on the trash can essentially destroys my brain.
I like to keep my absolute necessities in hallway junctions, there’s a hallway intersection that’s a chokepoint between my bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and the rest of the apartment… in that junction there is a bureau and on that bureau are my meds. If I wake up normally, I walk by my meds. If I need the bathroom immediately after waking up, I walk by my meds afterwards. If I’m famished and go straight for some toast… I walk by my meds afterwards.
No matter the initial urgent tasks I’ll always be walking by my meds when I have a clear mind.