Today while thinking on what
to write I came with an idea of writing on testing your memory. Again, it
sounds like checking your pc, but it is not what I am really talking about. I
want to write a few useful ideas on how to test where you are regarding your
remembering skills. You have to see whether you are progressing or regressing
in the area. In order to do that, you have to ask yourself a number of
questions and to answer them. You will also have to decide whether you want to
make some improvement or you are just happy with the way things are at the
moment.
Let me give you a word of encouragement
first. Daily forgetting happens to everybody and it is not a very serious
problem. Even those who practice various memory techniques experience that. And
it will probably not be a sign of Alzheimer or something similar. However, you
see more and more of forgetting you should ask yourself whether it is not a
good time to start exercising your brains.
So, let us do a little
testing.
1. How much do you remember
about things you did yesterday?
2. What about today? How
much do you remember things you did today?
3. How many things you can
remember (from shopping list) without actually making a list?
4. Can you remember people
names easily?
5. Can you remember people
phones easily?
6. Can you remember driving
directions easily?
7. Do you remember of your
friends’ birthdays without any problem?
8. Do you often forget where
you parked your car after you get out of the shopping mall?
9. Do you find having
problems to calculate elementary tasks from calculus ‘like five multiplied by seven’?
10. Do you forget what you
promise and fail to remember to do things from your daily routine?
I might go on and on, but if
most of the answers to the question are ‘yes’ you should get worried about the
state of your memory. Better safe than sorry! Start training it and if that
does not help you might also consult your doctor (just to be sure you don’t
have something serious to worry about).
Ok, I will try to continue
the topic tomorrow and talk about something that might help you to identify
whether you have serious memory problems or not.
Have a nice day.
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