5 Psychological Techniques to Help You Remember Anything

Memory isn’t a talent, it’s a skill.

I am reading so many books, listening to so many podcasts, and meeting so many people. What’s the point if I forget all of it?

My memory was the subject of a lot of jokes in my family.

My mom would ask me to go to the store and pick up bread, tomatoes, and cheese. We owned a convenience store literally a few yards from our front door. I would walk to the store, say hello to the staff (who were all family friends), and wander around the aisles for a few minutes. I grabbed a Powerade and a thing of crackers for myself. I walked home.

I had forgotten the reason I went to the store so thoroughly that she had to say it twice. I ran back, embarrassed, and having to explain myself to the employees.

Everyone thought it was pretty funny.

I like to attribute my forgetfulness to having my head in the clouds. Even now, something might set me off thinking and I will forget where I am. People who know me know to just snap in my face a little. Some things never change.

Being spacey is sometimes cute, and sometimes really annoying. I forget birthdays, important appointments, and plans I made…yesterday. Or, I did until I learned tricks to bring latent super-memory to the surface.

If I can learn these tricks, so can you. If you never want to forget another birthday, name, or fact about someone’s life, here’s what you need to know.

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