How to Improve your Memory

Summary

 

Be Sufficiently Alert

That means enough sleep. Sufficient sleep depends on the age. Below details the specific amount of sleep per age.

 This is based on an article from MayoClinic.org (https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/expert-answers/how-many-hours-of-sleep-are-enough/faq-20057898)

 

Be Sharp

To be sharp is to be focused or concentrated on the items to remember. Minimize distractions and perhaps use stimulants if possible. Tea and coffee would be good ones.  There are stronger stimulants BUT they could be harmful to your health. Too much can actual “blunt” the sharpness.

 

Visualize

This is actually a memory technique to enable better recalls.

Visual techniques involve the use of images, maps, and diagrams to help with memory recall. This method focuses on creating a mental image or visual representation of the information being learned. For example, if you were trying to remember a list of items, you could create a mental image of those items arranged in a specific way. Some examples of visual memorization techniques are:

Source: https://clickup.com/blog/memorization-techniques/#:~:text=This%20method%20focuses%20on%20creating,Mind%20Maps

 

Association

This is verbalization memory technique. In a simple way to describe, you associate the object (word, noun, item)  to remember with a rhyme or poetry. For example, remembering which months have 30 days and which ones are 31 days:
“30 days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31 days clear. But for February alone which has 28 days clear and 29 days in each leap year.”

Here are some references:

 

Repetition

This is the oldest technique and perhaps it can be too boring. But if you have patience, then take the time to complete the process, then repeat until you are confident that you absorbed it, without being bored at all.