Exercise Your Memory

Think there’s nothing you can do once your memory starts slipping? Think again. The following guide can get you back on track. Try these tips, which involve working your brain in new ways.

1. Be alert. It sounds elementary, but simply being aware of what is happening increases and exercises your memory.
2. Get organized. If it’s worth memorizing, it’s worth taking notes on it, no matter what “it” is. Scientists agree: Short-term memory can only hold seven items at one time. Choose your seven and jot down notes on others.
3. Use association. For new information, ask yourself how the information relates to ideas with which you’re already familiar. Try familiar stimulis such as repeating or grouping like ideas.
4. Remember through teaching. Explain your new memory/idea to someone else in your own words. This is a great tool for increasing memory.
5. Say it out loud. Don’t worry about what others are thinking when you think out loud. Recite what you are reading; paraphrase; review notes out loud.
6. Set aside time for review. After learning something new, make time to review the information. Retention relies on review; that phrase itself will help you remember to review!
7. Exercise your memory. Learn a new subject or re-learn an old subject from your previous schooling, such as math, science, or history — something you have forgotten.
8. Keep a journal. A journal exercises the mind. It will also help you remember through review.
9. Do crossword puzzles. These are great exercises for the memory. They will help you remember and sharpen your wit too.
10. Practice using visual imagery. Go through the steps of building or creating something.

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