Training for the 6th Philippine International Open Memory Championship - 63 days left
Current Memory Capabilities:
Cards - 26 Cards in 60 seconds (Level 7)
Images - 30 Images in 60 seconds (Level 10)
Names - 11 People in 60 seconds (Level 7)
Numbers - 50 Digits in 60 seconds (Level 8)
Words - 21 Words in 60 seconds (Level 8)
I was too busy to train yesterday, so Iâm planning to double my efforts today. Iâm going to be focusing on numbers and cards today, and my stretch goal is to reach level 10 in numbers (70 digits in 60 seconds).
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Hi guys, someone commented on a previous video asking how i deal with having trouble remembering things, so I thought Iâd talk about some of the things I do to try and get around it.
I feel like there are two main categories for remembering things - the ones that are trying to exercise and/or train your memory (so you keep ârememberingâ as something you do inside your head, with mental techniques), and the ones that accept that you just need a workaround for some difficulties (so you use things outside of your head, like writing things down). The different things are going to be convenient and helpful to different degrees, but here are the main techniques i use to remember things:
- Break things into chunks (splitting things into 3s tends to work best for me!)
- Repeating things back to yourself in your head (either for immediate recall, so like saying something over and over in your head as you walk from one room to another to keep it âat the front of your memoryâ, or linking it to something else to trigger recall later, so repeating the thing you want to remember and the description of whatever youâre using to trigger recall so the words are intertwined in your head, and so that thinking of one makes you think of the other.)
- Linked to that point, picking the thing youâre linking it to carefully can make the repetition more helpful - if you make the recall trigger an object that you usually keep in a set place, moving that object can be a good way to ensure that youâll trigger the thought of what you needed to remember. Moving the object so itâs somewhere obviously different means you know youâll think of it when you notice itâs misplaced in the future, and the repetition of the two things together hopefully means that thinking of that object also makes you think of the thing you were trying to remember?!
- Adding detail to the thing you need to remember can be handy, as youâre padding out something that might have been easy to lose in your memory into something bigger and hopefully more memorable, but thereâs a fine line between âadding enough âmentally stickyâ details that remembering the thing is easierâ and âdiluting the thing you need to remember so much that you canât remember the main pointâ. I guess itâs about trying to identify which bit of the thing you need to remember strikes you as most interesting, and seeing if your thoughts about that part can help you to remember the whole thing later.
- Mnemonics might be helpful? The internet has better explanations and examples of what they are if youâre not sure, but the version iâm thinking of is to do with linking words that have the same first letter and making a memorable phrase out of those words that triggers recall of the linked words (it was used a lot by teachers when i was at school to memorise things like the order of the planets or formulae for maths)
- Memorising things to the tune of a song you know can be handy, or turning the things you need to remember into a song themselves. Nursery rhymes can be a good base for trying to remember things, as theyâre often things that have been repeated to you from a young age so theyâre hard to forget.Â
- Another one that the internet can probably explain better than me is âPeg wordsâ, but in short, itâs a technique where you pair a word that rhymes with a number on a list with the word youâre trying to remember. So, if you have three items you need to remember, think of a word that rhymes with the numbers âoneâ, âtwoâ, and âthreeâ, then pair each rhyming word in your head with the name for one of objects that you need to remember.
- Trying to interact on a more meaningful level with the thing youâre trying to remember in general is pretty handy! Making links between this and something thatâs already in your head, and attaching it to a context, is something I find useful to give me more chances to remember it. An example of making links between a new thing youâre trying to remember and something you already do could be when youâre trying to add a new thing into a routine.Â
- Pairing a new task with an existing one hopefully means that doing the existing one will remind you to do the new one - if making that initial link is difficult, making a note in the place that you do the usual thing might help to get it into your memory to start with, or repeating the names for both tasks together in your head so thinking of one makes you think of the other.
- Routine in general is something i find helpful for remembering things! Iâm hugely more able to remember things that Iâve put in context with other things than I am to remember a standalone thing or fact. To get into a new routine, i find it handy to take a couple of days to make a note of all the things you want to incorporate, then put them in order based on the other tasks (e.g. if youâre getting ready in the morning, âputting on makeupâ /then/ âwashing your faceâ undoes the âputting on makeupâ step, so you need to think about how each thing could impact the steps before and after). Once I know the routine I want to keep, writing it down and sticking it in an obvious place (so making it visual information too) helps me to get it into my head initially, and setting alarms on my phone for the different tasks can help as well if i need more prompts about when to do things.
I often find that making the thing Iâm trying to remember more enjoyable or scheduling in ârewardsâ makes me remember it better, I guess because thereâs extra motivation for it? Positive mindset can make you feel more motivated too, so trying to frame the thing youâre trying to do as beneficial or fun, rather than having to reluctantly drag yourself through a new thing.
- Using a bullet journal has helped me hugely! I use a monthly spread and daily spreads that I plan further in advance (I tend to set up a weekâs worth of daily spreads on a sunday for the week ahead, as anything further in advance is too long for me to make sense of - the exception is putting appointments into my monthly spread so I donât forget about future things!), plus running lists to note down things I want to do before iâm at a point where I can slot them into my daily spreads neatly. I also carry a diary and write appointments in there (that I then copy over to my journal), as I donât carry my journal with me and also like having somewhere a bit messier where I can book things in before putting them into a neat planning spread.
- Iâve tried to make the spaces I spend a lot of time more âuser friendlyâ by leaving post it notes and pencils within arms reach. That way, a lot of the obstacles from an executive functioning perspective are taken out of remembering, as thereâs no searching for something to write on or things like that. I guess you could just use your phone, but i find it a lot easier to remember things iâve physically written down, plus i can just stick the note into my planner if i want to make things easier. Writing something down probably doesnât seem like a big deal to most people, but if you struggle with things like sequencing tasks, and that difficulty leads to lack of motivation to do them, putting shortcuts in to make small things easier means you can focus your mental energy on things that are more important.
The different things work for different sorts of remembering, but hopefully having a bank of things to try might help if youâre struggling to stay on top of everything you need to remember! It might be handy too if you want to try new mental techniques to do so with a backup of having things written down too, so youâre exercising and trying to train your memory whilst also making sure that youâre not going to get caught out and forget something important.
Also, if youâre worried about your memory or itâs affecting your ability to do everyday things, itâs worth talking to your doctor about! There are some physical things that can impact your memory, so if your trouble remembering is concerning you, ruling things like that out might put your mind at ease and maybe help you figure out where your difficulties are coming from.Â
Hope youâre all doing okay!
(P.S. I said Iâd link the video where I explained my âdaily hasslesâ habit: https://youtu.be/kjeFfDWbU3U ) â¨
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There is no such thing as a poor memory, only a trained and an untrained one. This isn't some new idea, it was used thousands of years ago, back in ancient Rome senators used these techniques to memorize their speeches. Lucious Scipio used this to memorize the names of every person in Rome alive in his time. And Seneca got so proficient with the system I'm about to teach you he could memorize two thousand words by just hearing them once. The main goal of this program of course isn't to teach to to do memory tricks or to help you to cheat when you play poker, you will be able to, but it isn't the main focus. The main focus of this program is to make your life easier. You will be able to remember names, shopping lists, phone number without any hassle. If you have a poor memory don't worry you will be considered to have an amazing memory in no time.
I don't believe anyone with an untrained memory can memorize 20 unassociated items.
Before going into it you need to know that your trained memory will be based on mental images, they will be easily recalled if they are made as ridiculous as you can. Not only that but you need to imagine feeling, smelling even tasting the image.
So here is your challenge. Memorize these 20 objects in order, forwards and backwards: carpet, paper, bottle, bed, fish, chair, window, phone, cigarette, nail, typewriter, shoe, microphone, pen, tv, plate, donut , car, tea pot, brick.
It may seem hard, but you will see it's child play using the link method.
The first word is carpet, just imagine a carpet that is in your house.
The second word is paper, now imagine your carpet is made out of paper, when you step on it it crinkles.
The third word is bottle, imagine trying to drink water from a bottle that is made out of paper as soon as you try lifting it up all the water goes out of the sides.
The forth word is bed. Imagine sleeping on a bed made out of plastic bottles, some of them seem to be open and they get water on you when you as you lay on them.
The fifth word is fish. Imagine sleeping on a bed made out of fish. It's very slimy and smelly.
The sixth word is chair. Imagine a giant fish is sat down on your chair, as you try to get close it slaps you with it's tail.
The seventh word is window. Imagine grabbing the chair you are sitting on and throwing it out of the window.
The eight word is phone. Imagine looking out of the window and suddenly the window starts ringing and the glass turns into a display.
The ninth word is cigarette. Imagine lighting your phone on fire on one end and smoking it like a cigarette.
The tenth word is nail. Imagine trying to use cigarettes instead of nails when you are hanging a picture on the wall.
The eleventh word is typewriter. Imagine a typewriter with keys made out of sharp nails. Typing on it is very painful and bloody.
The twelveth word is shoe. Imagine wearing typewriters for shoes.
The thirteenth word is microphone. Imagine singing karaoke using an old smelly shoe instead of a microphone.
The fourteenth word is pen. Imagine holding a big microphone like a pen as you try to write on a piece of paper with it.
The fifteenth word is TV. Imagine you sit down on your couch to watch netflix, but on your wall there is a giant pen instead of a TV.
The sixteenth word is plate. Imagine eating dinner on a TV monitor.
The seventeenth word is donut, imagine biting into a donut and realizing it's made out of ceramic like a plate, it's very crunchy.
The eighteenth word is car. Imagine driving on the highway on a giant donut, it's very soft and tasty.
The nineteenth word is coffee pot. Imagine holding a coffee pot while driving, as you press on the brakes piping hot coffee spills on your lap.
The twentieth word is brick. Imagine a wall made out of coffee pots.
Not lets test how much you've remembered.
The first word is carpet. Write it down on a piece of paper or in a text document on your computer and write down the other 19 words in order. If you want to take it up a notch try writing them down backwards starting with brick.
If you are serious about improving your memory I recommend you check out this memory course.
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