The Cat Ate My Thoughts!!!

Here are some of the easy tips to improve your memory, (aside from, "Bawal ang pork, beans...pork and beans").

I'm an impatient person, I don't read magazines and follow some too-good-to-be-true advice from some too-good-to-be-true writer, so when I say easy, I really mean "e-a-s-y".

1. Pay attention!
You can't remember something if you never learned it, and you can't learn something if you don't pay enough attention to it.

2. Tailor information acquisition to your learning style.
Visual learners learn best by reading or seeing what they have to know. Auditory learners learn better by listening. Recording needed information and listening to it until memorized will greatly help.

3. Involve as many senses as possible.
Read out aloud what you wanna remember. Recite it rhythmically, try to relate information to colors, texture, smells and tastes. Writing information can also hep imprint information into your brain.

4. Connect new information to something you already know.

5. Organize information.
Write things down, take notes on more complex materials and reorganize the notes into categories later. Use words and pictures in learning information.

6. Understand and be able t0 interpret complex materials.
Focus on understanding basic ideas rather that memorizing isolated details. Explain it to someone in your own words.

7. Rehearse information always and over-learn.
Review what you've learned on the same day. "Spaced rehearsal" is more effective than "cramming." Over-learn information so that recalling it becomes second nature.

8. Be motivated and keep a positive attitude.
Don't say that you have a memory problem, instead, tell yourself you want to learn what you need to remember. Tell yourself that you can learn and remember it.