Feed Your Memory With Attention

Have you ever thought of how you’re able to remember names, things and faces? How about thinking about the way your memory works? Maybe you have but some of you have not thought about it all. How about this, picture how you’re able to recognize some information easily while the rest just wont sink in at all.

There are times when our memory won’t work on the right places when we need them to work. It is just downright frustrating. And yes, our memory lets us down for many instances in a year and we don’t even know why it happens. The truth is, our brain doesn’t have any problem in picking up and storing as many information as it can along the way. The problem comes in the retrieving part – when we need to take a thought from our mind and say it out loud or write it down for some purpose.

What we fail to do however, is to realize that for each memory we create, at the very moment our mind sinks the information in, we do not take the time to study what it is, or to observe its characteristics. We then blame our memory for failing us. The answer to this is to give our full attention to every little detail that comes our way or make that every bit of sight, sound, smell, texture and taste that we encounter. It works perfect since when we absorb the thought to our memory, we have all the details we need and in turn, when we retrieve the same information, we have the complete details. Problem solved? Almost.

In memorization, there are techniques which we can use to help us enhance our thinking skills. It’s also the ideal way how to exercise our minds in absorbing and memorizing information.

If you need to memorize numbers for example, try grouping them together to numbers you’re familiar with. Let’s say the numbers 7 1 0 3 8 4 5 6 2 4 need your immediate memorization. Group them together like this: 78014 365 24 where 78014 is a zip code in TX, 365 is the number of days in a year and 24 the number of hours in a day. Try a different sequence of numbers and clump them together. You’ll see how easy this works for you, and for everybody else.