#tipstoremember

One and the first question is that you really need cleaning service or not. Always choose a certified company that ensures to deliver the professionals and ethical work can be done. Always ask about what service they offer and either they offer reimbursement cost or not. Get all estimates from different companies before calling them. Try to enquire them before taking the service and ask them whether they offer free inspections. 

It happened again. I promised a co-worker I would remember to do a small favour for them. I diligently wrote it down in my planner only come to work the next day and realize I totally forgot.

Now, I’m beating myself up again for being absent-minded and wondering, “Why am I always so forgetful?”

For you, maybe it looks like misplacing your computer charger for the 10th time that day, missing a meeting, or forgetting a client’s name within seconds of meeting them. Maybe you’ve panicked like me and wondered if you’re having early onset of memory loss.

The good news is doctors say most forgetfulness isn’t anything serious. With hectically busy schedules and trying to juggle professional and personal responsibilities, it can be difficult to keep track of everything.

The key to combatting your natural tendency to forget is to identify what could be causing it in the first place.

“Though we jokingly refer to these as ‘senior moments,’ they happen to everyone – from the very young to the very old,” says Adam Gazzaley, founding director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California.

It helps to think of the brain as a series of networks. And when you’re trying to remember something, your brain establishes a new network. Memory glitches occur when there’s a break in that network.

What causes the break? Interference, which impairs your ability to focus. Interference can be anything from your cell phone ringing to background chatter in the office, to your mind wandering. So the key is to try to limit interference or distractions.

Here are a few tips to limit interference and combat forgetfulness:

1.      Be intentional. Sometimes, you simply have to tell yourself it’s important to remember something. This can actually help because you’ll need to repeat the task or appointment to yourself. Use alliteration like “Meeting on Monday,” “Follow Up on Friday” or “Offsite in October.” For me, I can never forget a good song. So if you have to, turn that important reminder into a familiar medley.

2.      Colour-code. Got a crazy schedule? Make it easier to remember using a calendar or planner with crazy colours. Designate bright colours for different activities. Colours are helpful because they grab your attention and improve cognitive learning. They can even relieve stress.

3.      Set reminders. Even when you write something down, sometimes you get too wrapped up in the day to check what you wrote in the first place. Set reminders on your phone so you get a buzz when you need to do a certain task or remember an upcoming appointment. Write on a bright post-it and place it on your desk so you’re forced to look at it all day. Use these little reminders as additional “helpers” for you to remember.

4.      Label. They say Franklin Roosevelt had one of the best memories – he could remember the name of someone he met just once, months ago, seemingly without difficulty. His secret? Roosevelt was able to remember the names of everyone he met by visualizing their names written across their foreheads. The next time you’re at a work event, try it. Place a big imaginary label on that person’s head so you’re sure to remember their name. Ask them to repeat their names one more time if necessary.

5.      Practise memory systems. Memory systems are like brain games in that they use image-based memory techniques to help you create visual labels and recall information faster. Often the problem isn’t whether the information is in your brain or not, it’s retrieving that information from memory. That’s why memory systems involve the use of visualization and substitute words to create visual cues for remembering. Used together with visualization, memory system techniques like keywords, links and face-names can greatly improve your memory for names, dates, formulas, abstract facts, definitions and even foreign languages.

If you don’t recall anything from this post, remember this – we all have moments of forgetfulness. Be honest with yourself if you tend to be absent-minded.  And don’t beat yourself up when you inevitably forget something.

Shot girls, yea or nay?

NAY! NAY! NAY!

How to avoid unnecessary spending in Cancun? Stay away from any worker in the club sporting a whistle around his/her neck and blowing it uncontrollably as if there were a blaze of fire somewhere close by. If you even look their way, they will lock eyes with you and force watered down 'hypnotic' into your mouth as if you have no other choice. Immediately after you swallow it (because what else are you supposed to do with a mouthful of imitation hypnotic?), the shot girls will shake your head, squeeze your tummy and blow that whistle some more, right in your face. Fun right? Being disoriented from all the shaking and noise isn't the only obstacle to worry about, you are now obligated to pay the $7-$10 they charge PER SHOT. 

"Well I paid for open bar, I thought shots were included." That they are, my friends... with the massive exception of those shots given to you by the women with the whistles! So stay away, and when they're around don't even look in their direction. They're like the sun; An obvious and clear presence that you really want to look at....... but you know you cant!

If you want shots, free shots without the force feeding and unwanted head shaking, just ask your waiter!! 

You've been warned ;)

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