Are you a person who always seems to forget things? Do you constantly lose things: car keys, kids? Here are some tips to improve your memory.
Create a checklist. Write it down if you think you might forget it. To remember everything, it helps to have a list. Always carry a small notepad, so when your memory fails you, you always know where to look.
Association. The technical association works well when trying to remember names. You can associate someone’s name with a person you know who has the same name. For example, you have an aunt who makes great cookies and has the same name as a new acquaintance.
When it comes to remembering things for study purposes, the ancient mnemonic method is the best way to remember things. Make a list of the main things you need to remember, and then rehearse a plan at home. It may sound like this. Imagine yourself at home, looking north and south (South Carolina and North Carolina). You see the old coat your Aunt Mary gave your mom when you go to hang your coat in the closet. (Maryland.). You go to the kitchen with the goal of making a salad with a virgin olive oil dressing. (Virginia.) … etc. To help you remember facts, you can use them in a story or sentence.
Capital letters or acronyms. Think of a nonsense phrase that takes the initial of each word you need to remember. A good example is, let’s say you need to remember the planets in order, you could try pronouncing ‘MVEMJSUNP’, or put it in the form of a sentence like “My very energetic mother just swept nine pins.” Each word in this phrase is also the first letter of each planet, in the correct order in which they are in the solar system.
Write a little ditty. Some people have found that things are easier to remember if they are sung out loud. When we need to think about the order of the letters, don’t we all sing the alphabet? Songs and rhymes are easier to place in our long-term memory than facts. Remember the things that rhyme, just think of something that is catchy and includes all the things you need to remember.
