Maybe our mind is so full of things we have to do that we
momentarily forgot where we put our glasses. Or perhaps it’s just another “senior
moment”. Health Briefs TV cares to share tip for remembering.
One of the best ways to remember something is to imagine it.
We often have memory lapses when preparing a grocery list. We arrive home only
to remember that the one ingredient we needed was forgotten. To prevent this
from happening, imagine the item, what it takes to prepare it and what it looks
like when done. This is committing it to memory in the first place.
Try some word association. If parked on level 5C, think of
five of something that begins with the C: five chocolates, five cars, for example.
Health Briefs also suggests remembering the location of
something to remember. This trick works well if we can’t recall the name of a
restaurant, favorite store or meal bought at a café. Commit to memory the
smells and scenery of where that favorite place or meal was. The mental image
of what we want to remember will come back.
Other tips for bringing something we want to remember back
to mind are:
Write it down someplace. Use the notepad or recorder in
smart phones. Go old-fashioned and write it in a piece of paper and store it in
a wallet.
There is so much to try and remember these days from where
we left the keys to all the user names, passwords and online account
information credentials we need. Find the best way to keep all the information
safe.
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