To People I Care About
Let’s Make A Promise Together…
Memory hacks. Will You Be The One.
And I would if I could but the world is coming with me and I’m going fast.
And I would if I could. But my tree’s on fire, and my city is burning down. And I’m trying to put them out with a cup of water.
But some kid just threw another rock through another window. And my neighbors yell at me when I use the hose. I really need to improve. And I would if I could. But I’m so lost and so busy being found that I’m just going to have another beer instead. Yeah, that sounds like a plan.
I need to improve, but I can’t right now, you know? And maybe I’ll try tomorrow… or the next day… or the day after that… or maybe next year.
I need to improve myself and others. I need to improve my bad attitude, my negative words, and my disdain. If there’s something that I need to improve about myself- or anyone else for that matter- it is the knowledge of when things are too demanding for them (your definition is probably much better than mine).
It’s time for the first challenge in the quest to save Promise
💚 How to remember things better
Many of us have trouble remembering things, but there are good ways to get our memories back in shape.
Look, Snap, Connect
The main idea is that it will stick in your mind if you can make something meaningful. How does it work?
Look: First, stop, look around, and pay attention to what you want to remember. Take in everything, whether it’s a new face, a conversation, or directions to a new place.
Snap: Make a mental picture of what you want to keep in mind. Visuals are accessible for the brain to remember, so use that to your advantage. Say, for example, you want to remember the name of someone you just met. Likewise, a hairstyle or a smile might come to mind when you think of someone.
Connect: Make a chain of the mental snapshots you want to remember, starting with the first one and linking it to the second, and so on. For example, suppose you meet someone named John (the title image) and notice that he has a lot of hair. You link John to being hairy.
Get moving Studies show that exercise helps people remember things.
Get more sleep Insomnia is terrible for your memory. We lose the ability to focus and remember things when we don’t get enough sleep. So every night, you should sleep for seven to eight hours. We shouldn’t drink too much caffeine because it makes us irritable and forgetful.
Eat more foods with curcumin and antioxidants. Obesity can lead to memory and thinking problems in old age. Avoid processed foods like refined sugars, which worsen inflammation and hurt the brain. Oxidation also wears down your brain cells, so try to eat foods like fish, nuts, olive oil, and avocados high in antioxidants.
Do brain aerobics We need to cross-train our brains just like we do with our bodies. Think of it as 24-Hour Fitness for our hippocampi. Playing wordle and reading poetry, listening to music, writing in The Power of Poetry, solving brainteasers, or watching Augmenteds journey! are all ways to keep your mind active.
First exercise:
Try writing your first verse on a piece of paper with the hand you don’t use most often (i.e., left hand if you are right-handed). Now, get a second pencil and try to write your first poem with both hands. Then, try it again with your poetry.
please consider this post as a personal experiment. I would love to hear your opinion, because any comment or feedback makes a difference
