When was the last time you have been literally active with memorization? Before you answer that, try to think about the ways you keep your mind actively healthy. This means you use memory methods for improvement and you put your brain to rest when it’s necessary.
To maintain a healthy memory, it’s strongly recommended to get a good night sleep, do regular exercise and to expose your brain to good mental activities.
It doesn’t end there; treat your brain to good mind exercises like taking on a few mnemonic techniques. Try for example the Link method. This method isn’t difficult at all but works amazing in improving your memorization skills. You don’t have to use complicated examples; just start with very simple ones using objects lying around your house.
washing machine, banana, jewelry box, window
A simple example would be to take the four items above and relate them to each other. The goal here is to remember each item in the list in the same order. So what happens is you think about a washing machine first. Imagine that you’re turning on the washing machine and you are surprised to see that a banana is splitting itself in the water inside the machine. You try to catch the banana but it’s too slippery for you and it manages to fly out of the machine knocking over your jewelry box. Scared out of its wits, the jewelry box flapped its way to the window and out of sight.
A simple situation like this, appeals more to your memory since it’s filled with spontaneous motion. It allows you to focus not only on the objects, but what happens next in the scenario. Repeat the story and you’ll realize that you can retell it in the correct order.
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